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Maribyrnong City Council has committed funding to expand the Braybrook Community Garden. You are invited to attend a design workshop to develop concept plans for the garden expansion. The workshop is hands on, and will be facilitated by Council landscape architects. Please bring pictures of other community gardens or garden ideas to share. Afternoon tea will be provided.

Places are limited, an RSVP is essential to attend this workshop.

Place:
Braybrook Community Centre Hall
107-139 Churchill Ave, Braybrook

Meeting time:
Saturday 25 February, 12.30-4.30pm

Contact:
Jennifer Witheridge
Growing Food Growing Maribyrnong Coordinator
03 9688 0169
jennifer.witheridge@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au

RSVP:
Thursday 23 February

Here’s the upcoming February and March workshops presented by the My Smart Garden program; a joint initiative between the Hobsons Bay and Moonee Valley City Councils

Design your edible oasis

Saturday 11 February, 10am – 12pm
Seabrook Community Centre
15 Truganina Ave, Seabrook

Using the principles of permaculture, we’ll show you how to design a food garden to give it the best chance of thriving to become an abundant oasis. In this workshop you’ll get a bit of hands-on practice to help you consider sun, shade, water, microclimates and more when planning your garden.

Keep your cool with trees and vines

Tuesday 21 February, 6.30 – 8.30pm
Cooper Street Community Centre
Cnr Cooper and Spencer Sts, Essendon (next to Buckley Park)

The right trees in the right places can make such a difference to the comfort and beauty of your home. And it’s a long term investment so you want to get it right! We’ll help you design your garden to protect your home from winds and summer heat and to make the most of winter sun. We’ll discuss integrating trees with vegie growing, suitable trees and tree care.

Seed saving

Sunday 4 March, 11am – 1pm
Wingate Avenue Community Centre
13A Wingate Ave, Ascot Vale

Come learn how to select and harvest seeds from your vegie garden then how to clean and store the seeds for next season. Feel free to bring along seeds for swapping too.

Winter vegie gardening

Saturday 31 March, 10am – 12 noon
Spotswood Primary School
600 Melbourne Rd (cnr Reed St), Spotswood

Rather than abandoning the garden after your summer vegie harvest, it’s now time to thinking about all the wonderful winter crops you could enjoy. This workshop will guide you through preparing vegie beds, green manure crops and choosing the right crops for the cooler time of year.

All workshops are FREE, register by emailing contactus@mysmartgarden.org.au

Want more free events, gardening advice, prizes and discounts from local nurseries? Join the My Smart Garden program at www.mysmartgarden.org.au

Gardening in Small Spaces

It only takes a minute to register online at www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au/greening

How do you find a green space and realise your gardening dreams when you have small outdoor spaces. There are many small spaces that are unconventional, in areas that may not have once been considered as a place for a garden. Come along and explore some great ideas about growing a garden on a verandah, in a courtyard or unusual nooks.

The workshop covers

• planting in pots
• balconies, courtyards and small backyards • plants for small gardens

Sponsored by City West Water

Date: Sunday 13 November 2011, 10.30am – 12.30pm
Location: Footscray Community Arts Centre, 45 Moreland Street, Footscray
Presenter: Sustainable Gardening Australia

Free sustainable gardening workshops
As the weather warms up, why not learn new skills at spring workshops run by My Smart Garden program? The program, run by Moonee Valleyand Hobsons Bay Councils helps you grown your own food, shelter your home, use water wisely and recycle wastes.

As well as access to workshops, Moonee Valley & Hobsons Bay residents who sign up to the program receive sustainable gardening information, discounts from local garden suppliers and can win great prizes every month. You could win a rain garden worth $500 in October and a Fowler’s preserving kit worth $250 in November.

Introduction to organic gardening

Date: Saturday 15 October, 10 – 12pm
Strathmore Heights Community Centre,
Address: 1 Boeing Rd, Strathmore Heights

Beginner’s guide to chickens

Date: Saturday 22 October, 10am – 12pm
Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre,
Address: 5 Sargood Ave, Altona

Meet your garden bug life and control pests naturally

Date: Monday 24 October, 6-8pm
Flemington Library,
Address: 311 Racecourse Rd, Flemington

Garden for wildlife

Date: Thursday 3 November, 6-8pm
Avondale Heights Library,
Address: 69/72 Military Rd, Avondale Heights

Gardening in small spaces

Date: Thursday 17 November, 6.30 – 8.30pm
Newport Community Education Centre,
Address: 43 Mason St, Newport

To book in for workshops, please email
Contact contactus@mysmartgarden.org.au or call 9932 1142.

Worm Wicking Bed MiniBlitz/ Workshop
Sunday 9 October 10am-2pm*
Angela and Alex’s in Maidstone

Very limited numbers due to space
RSVP to permablitz@pow.org.au for address details

*If you’re interested in future MiniBlitzes drop us a line at permablitz@pow.org.au

Angela and Alex are hosting an impromptu MiniBlitz/ workshop at their townhouse in Maidstone this Sunday.

We will be making 2 worm wicking beds in our newly constructed raised beds, made of recycled palletts.

What’s a wicking bed? Wicking beds are the perfect way to ensure your plants have all the water they need to flourish, and really come into their own in the hot summer months when high rates of evaporation and transpiration can seriously affect plant growth rates and yields.

Wicking is a technique of creating self-watering beds that water from below rather than above, and is incredibly valuable in minimising water use and maintaining gardens over the hot summer and when you go away for holidays. We will also make small wicking bed using a recycled polystyrene broccoli box perfect for raising seedlings.

These will be worm wicking beds because the design will also include a worm farm to maintain nutrient levels in the closed system bed.

There are loads of articles on wicking beds and worm wicking beds on the internet. Here’s one of them.

Very limited numbers tho due to space. RSVP to permablitz@pow.org.au for address details.

Please bring a shovel and/or bucket if you can and a plate of food to share.

Dates: Friday 30th September – Sunday 2nd October
Venue: South Melbourne Commons, corner Bank & Montague Sts, South Melbourne.
E-tickets: On-line tickets with GreenTix

More information http://www.permaculturemelbourne.org.au/2011/Conf/PcM_conference/permie-conference-2011.html

Saturday, 24 September 2011, 10:00am – 2:00pm
and repeated Saturday, 8 October 2011, 10:00am – 2:00pm 

Ashwood College Permaculture Food Garden, Vannam Drive Ashwood

(this workshop is on the other side of time in Ashwood BUT considering the amazing array of Asian veg available to us in Footscray thought it could be of interest to POW members! If you’re interested in going you’re welcome to catch a ride with me, just email permablitz@pow.org.au)

Come to an exciting workshop that combines how to grow and cook Asian vegetables.

This workshop will explain the different growing requirements of a variety of tropical Asian vegetables anyone can grow in their back yard. Learn how to propagate Asian vegetables you can buy from the Asian grocer. The workshop will focus on vegetables that are usually not found in your nursery such as luffa, sugar cane, choko, long gourd, hair gourd, taro, snake bean, yam, sweet potato, water chestnuts, water spinach, Chinese broccoli, amaranth, holy basil and more. The cooking section will explain how to cook these vegetables. Seedlings will be available for sale.

Part of the workshop fee goes towards the Ashwood College Permaculture Food Garden. Cost is $50 for 4 hours, 2 hours of growing and 2 hour of cooking on Saturday September 24th 2011 at Ashwood College Permaculture Food Garden, Vannam Drive Ashwood.

Places are limited to 15 people. Contact Seila Hierk to book at place on 0413 895 260 or seilahierk@gmail.com.
Location : Vannam Drive Ashwood
Contact : Seila Hierk on 0413 895 260 or seilahierk@gmail.com

The conference and it’s associated events will bring people together to share stories and discuss where we’re going as a movement. Presentations will be given by a wide range of local activists from local group leaders to gardeners, educators, writers, designers, foresters and more. Site visits will be happening to local gardens and community sites

Dates: Friday 30th September – Sunday 2nd October
Venue: South Melbourne Commons
Address: Corner Bank and Montague Streets South Melbourne

30th Birthday Party

Friday Evening 30th September
Food and live band to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Permaculture Melbourne’s fouding.

Conference

Sat & Sun 1st–2nd October
The Conference program is a mix of networking and discussion, with an emphasis on swapping stories as well as discussing policy and planning issues

Saturday Evening

Film screening and BBQ
Screening of the just released documentary Anima Mundi. The director will be attending and speak about the project .

For further information contact
http://www.permaculturemelbourne.org.au/

Tickets

E-tickets from Greentix or
contact Ann annstevens@optusnet.com.au

Ever wondered what to do with that cabbage? The secrets of fermentation revealed by our very own Adam Grubb!

Living Food Workshop: Wild Fermentation and Raw Foods for Your Health
Learn about probiotic and living raw superfoods.  With some hands-on activities in the kitchen learning the microbial magic of sauerkraut and real pickles, yoghurt, fresh cheese and wild herbs for green smoothies.

Date: Sunday 18/9/2011
Time: 11am – 1pm
Venue: Maidstone Community Centre
21 Yardley Street
Maidstone 3012
Melway Ref No: M41 F1
Cost: $50 (payable on the day)
RSVP to workshops@powvic.org to book your place as they are limited.