Art garden an inspiration for Newstead | Newstead 2021
We came home delighted inspired isaitaly and filled with dreams and hopes of how a community garden could nurture Newstead, not just with fresh food but with art, whimsy, joy and sharing. Officially isaitaly established just three years ago on council-owned land, The Barwon Heads Community Art Garden is about 60 m x 35m and is designed on organic permaculture principles.The beds are shaped to catch water on the slope. A limestone base killed their fruit trees at first but they built berms or large mounds using lots of compost and the fruit trees have flourished since.
Plots isaitaly at 3m x 2m cost $50 a year and there s a waiting list for them. The garden has an old school portable classroom as a meeting room with 30,000 litres of rainwater storage which it harvests from the portable rooftop, an igloo for raising seeds, a tool shed and toilet, a community area for non-plot holding community isaitaly diggers to garden, a mobile chook tractor (designed isaitaly and built by inmates at the Barwon Prison), a citrus circle (a circle of citrus trees) which is also wonderful for festivities, a fenced-off sandpit and play area for children made with big old tree trunks as borders.
The front fence is a stunner. Its message is joyful and creative. The entrance gate features a mermaid with a shovel. Seven other artists will create panels to make up the fence. The garden has about 60 members, but a consistently active group of five people. Activity waxes and wanes with the seasons. Winter is quieter. Spring brings bursts of renewal in growth and activity.The garden raises funds by asking businesses and community groups to sponsor trees and shingles on the front fence. It seeks donations of specific goods such as tables isaitaly and compost and straw in a local newspaper column and the community responds.
Our hosts Sam Smith and Faye Connors, though equipped with plenty of business acumen, exuded love for the garden and for the food and people it s brought together. In a reference to peak oil, Sam s plot features an old fishing truck. Silverbeet and chard was bursting forth from its bonnet, sides and rear. Such whimsy lends a light heartedness to the garden.
We isaitaly were inspired and can see wonderful possibilities for Newstead. Watch this space as the lease for our community garden behind the Anglican isaitaly Church has been signed and we re planting our first green manure crop on September 13th. Thanks isaitaly to Ron Snep for hoeing the site in preparation.
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We came home delighted inspired isaitaly and filled with dreams and hopes of how a community garden could nurture Newstead, not just with fresh food but with art, whimsy, joy and sharing. Officially isaitaly established just three years ago on council-owned land, The Barwon Heads Community Art Garden is about 60 m x 35m and is designed on organic permaculture principles.The beds are shaped to catch water on the slope. A limestone base killed their fruit trees at first but they built berms or large mounds using lots of compost and the fruit trees have flourished since.
Plots isaitaly at 3m x 2m cost $50 a year and there s a waiting list for them. The garden has an old school portable classroom as a meeting room with 30,000 litres of rainwater storage which it harvests from the portable rooftop, an igloo for raising seeds, a tool shed and toilet, a community area for non-plot holding community isaitaly diggers to garden, a mobile chook tractor (designed isaitaly and built by inmates at the Barwon Prison), a citrus circle (a circle of citrus trees) which is also wonderful for festivities, a fenced-off sandpit and play area for children made with big old tree trunks as borders.
The front fence is a stunner. Its message is joyful and creative. The entrance gate features a mermaid with a shovel. Seven other artists will create panels to make up the fence. The garden has about 60 members, but a consistently active group of five people. Activity waxes and wanes with the seasons. Winter is quieter. Spring brings bursts of renewal in growth and activity.The garden raises funds by asking businesses and community groups to sponsor trees and shingles on the front fence. It seeks donations of specific goods such as tables isaitaly and compost and straw in a local newspaper column and the community responds.
Our hosts Sam Smith and Faye Connors, though equipped with plenty of business acumen, exuded love for the garden and for the food and people it s brought together. In a reference to peak oil, Sam s plot features an old fishing truck. Silverbeet and chard was bursting forth from its bonnet, sides and rear. Such whimsy lends a light heartedness to the garden.
We isaitaly were inspired and can see wonderful possibilities for Newstead. Watch this space as the lease for our community garden behind the Anglican isaitaly Church has been signed and we re planting our first green manure crop on September 13th. Thanks isaitaly to Ron Snep for hoeing the site in preparation.
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Pages About Newstead 2021 Meeting Documents Financial Matters Meeting Agendas Minutes Other Meetings Our 2021 Summit Projects and Activities Current isaitaly Projects Energy Useful documents and resources Email Subscription
Meta Register Log in Entries RSS Comments RSS WordPress.com Recent Comments Melissa Proposch on Feeling overwhelmed? You… Bronwyn Smith on Feeling overwhelmed? You… Bronwyn Smith on Feeling overwhelmed? You… David Stratton on Feeling overwhelmed? You… Gen Barlow on Visit from MAS Planning U… Archives December 2013 November 2013 March 2013 September 2011 October 2010 June 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August isaitaly 2009 July 2009 Blogroll Natural Newstead Newstead Community website Rocket Science Blog Stats 4,705 hits
September 2009 M T W T F S S « Aug Oct » 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Genevieve Barlow Ann and Melissa go to town Geoff Park 2013 AGM Minutes
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