Yandina Community Gardens

41 Farrell street, Yandina

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Members! You are invited

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Dear valued members join us to celebrate the final days of autumn and enjoy our beautiful gardens in Yandina.  We will share a meal and talk about how we are progressing.  We have also invited Mathew Heartfelt to talk to us about Syntropic Farming. Brush up on your knowledge of our Gardens because we will be having a quiz with great prizes to be won.

For catering purposes please could you book for this free event indicating the number of adults attending. Click here to book

We look forward to connecting with you.

Date: 12 May 2018

Time: 1 – 3 pm

Place: 41 Farrell Street, Yandina

Malabar Chestnut Sprouts

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Growing sprouts

Place the chestnuts in dry grass and waters them.  One week later the sprouts are ready to eat!  These sprouts have a fresh, crunchy, nutty taste and are absolutely delicious!

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 T butter
  • 1 T olive oil
  • 1/8-1/4 t minced garlic
  • 1/8-1/4 t minced ginger
  • 2 C malabar chestnut sprouts, cut into 1 inch lengths
  • 1 t oyster sauce
  • 3 T coconut milk
  • A pinch of sugar
  • 1/2 t crushed roasted peanuts, garnish

Method:
1) Heat a small pan with oil and butter over medium high heat.
2) Add garlic and ginger, sauté for 1 minute.
3) Stir in sprouts, oyster sauce, coconut milk and sugar, for 3-4 minutes.
4) Serve on a plate, garnish with roasted peanuts.

(Recipe & photos courtesy of Thanh’s Kitchen)

Congratulations To Our Survey Winner

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Congratulations to Caroline Walker winner of the $20 voucher to be spent at our nursery and shop. Caroline was one of many of our members who filled out a survey helping the team better understand what direction to take the organisation in and how we can better serve our members. The survey results also fed into our strategic planning session. The survey results and organisation strategy will be sent to all our members in due course.

Volunteers Needed For World Environment Day

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YCG will once again be supporting World Environment Day (WED) at Cotton Tree Park.  We need your help to volunteer at our stall. Please contact Lissa to register your interest as a volunteer. Call on (07) 5446 7373 or email info@yandinacommunitygardens.com.au

When & Where

Date: Sunday, 3 June 2018

Place: Maroochydore Rotary Park, Cotton Tree

What is World Environment Day?

A Platform for action

World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ most important day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Since it began in 1974, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries.

The people’s day

Above all, WED serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something to take care of the Earth or become an agent of change. That ‘something’ can be focused locally, nationally or globally; it can be a solo action or involve a crowd – everyone is free to choose.

The Theme

Each WED is organized around a theme that focuses attention on a particularly pressing environmental concern.

Every Action Counts

Through decades of WED celebrations, millions of people from all over the world and from all sectors of society have taken part in environmental action. By bundling their energy, WED has the power to generate hugely positive impacts on the planet.

WED On The Sunshine Coast

Since 1979 The Sunshine Coast Environment Council (SCEC) and environmental advocates of the Sunshine Coast have been getting together in the first week of June to celebrate World Environment Day. WED has been celebrated all over the coast, from the first time at Fairhill native nursery, many years by the Maroochy River at Cotton tree, Eumundi Markets and the University of the Sunshine Coast.

​The festival has grown into the region’s biggest environmental event and holds the title of the longest running event of its kind in SEQ, maybe even the world. The 2012 Festival took out one of five categories in the UNEP WED challenge, giving WED SC international recognition.

 

Saturday, 28 April, 9-11 am – Make your own wax cloth-wraps

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Join Gayle Richens from our ‘Give Plastic the Flick’ group to make your own wax wraps. This is a hands-on workshop.

Please bring

  • A fine cotton material, you may have some at home or check out Op Shops as they often have small pieces of cotton material, must be cotton, not poly cotton, suggested sizes – Small ( 12x 12 cm), Medium ( 23 x 23 cm), Large( 33×33 cm). You need to wash and dry your material prior to the workshop. Gayle will also have a plentiful supply of material available on the day for a small fee.
  • Pinking Sheers if you have them
  • Cool drinks and morning tea ( fridge available ).

This will be a relaxed fun morning. To book, click here

Tea & coffee will be served after the event, please bring your own mug as YCG strives to host waste free workshops. Also note the workshops are all weather events (rain or shine).

Places are limited and bookings essential.

Categories

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biochar chop & drop compost composting Edible Greens edible leaves edible seeds edible tubers Event food waste food waste loop ground cover insect attracting Kids event Kids program know your plants Learning Living sustainably Management Committee medicinal plants medicine member event Morag Gamble native stingless bees Nutrient Dense Food Open garden visit Permaculture Plant plants Recipe Recipes Subtropical Greens Support plants Sustainable Building sustainable living Tropical greens volunteer water plant Wax-wrap making wax-wraps Workshop workshops Worm Farming Yandina Community Garden Yandina community Gardens

Permaculture People

Elizabeth Fekonia - Permaculture Real Food
Anne Gibson - The Micro Gardener
Morag Gamble - Our Permaculture Life
Dee Humphreys - Eatin Garden Edible Garden Tours

Acknowledgement of country

Yandina Community Gardens acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Owners of the land, the Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi) people, past and present and emerging. We recognise and wish to learn from their spiritual and cultural connection to the land.