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Photographs and Stories From Two Sydney Community Gardens

Post author By Tatyana
Post date September 8, 2010
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I woke up on Saturday morning to the sounds of howling wind and rain. I though, “Oh man, this is the day we are visiting Sydney gardens!” I was tempted to crawl back under the warm blankets, but to my surprise the day turned out to be very mild, and even cozy.

On Saturday, September 4 2010, few gardeners from Glebe Community Gardens (including myself) visited two fellow Sydney Community Gardens in an effort to research their methods and understand what successes can be applied at our garden.

Angel Street Permaculture Garden and Newtown Community Garden are a mere 10-minute walk away from each other, but they could not be more different (described below) in their approaches to community gardening. Both are successful and productive, and both have lot’s to teach us about community and abundance.

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Top 10 Organic Gardening Terms Every Gardener Should Know

Post author By Tatyana
Post date August 23, 2010
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Whether you are switching from conventional gardening, or (like me) just jumping into organic gardening direct, it can be confusing to navigate the new and unfamiliar vocabulary. Knowing your organic gardening terms will help you feel confident when selecting your seeds, planning the garden or reading gardening magazines.

It seems only appropriate to address the meaning of the term ‘organic’ first. What does ‘organic gardening’ really mean?

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Permaculture Design Certificate Course with Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton

Post author By Tatyana
Post date May 30, 2010
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PDC_Melb_Bill_Mollison_Geoff_Lawton_Sept_2010 — Permaculture Design Certificate Course flyer

If you are considering certification in Permaculture, I can’t think of a better opportunity than this.

This is a unique chance to get your Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) from two of the longest-running and most informed Permaculture teachers. As soon as I learned of this opportunity, I signed up!! I hear that every PDC is different depending on the teacher. It does cover the same topics, but each instructor brings his or her own stories to the class, and Bill Mollison has a lot of those to tell.

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Behind the fence of Sydney’s Community Gardens

Post author By Tatyana
Post date May 7, 2010
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City of Sydney has graciously sponsored a series of Sydney Community Garden tours, which is a fantastic opportunity to learn and get inspired. My partner and I have been fortunate to join one of the groups on Sunday May 2, 2010.

How it all began…

The tour started with all of us meeting up at Greg Hewish Memorial Community Garden, located on the corner of Ogden Lane and Marriott Street in Redfern. As soon as we walked in, we felt a sense of order and strict alignment at this Community Garden. It utilises raised beds to cater to people with handicaps, and it is thoughtfully divided by graveled paths and brick walls.

Here we began our learning as well. First, we met Russ Grayson who fed us loads of useful information throughout the tour (this information is making its way slowly to this website). We walked around and took some photos, and shortly after loaded into a 21-seatter bus, sponsored by the City of Sydney.

Here we also met Annie Walker, who is the City of Sydney liaison on the subject of Community Gardens. She is wonderful and super pleasant to talk to, and I do believe this tour is largely her achievement. Thank you!