Community gardens

GETTING down and dirty at your local community garden is a great way to meet people, grow food and have a great time getting your thumbs greener,

In Torquay we are fortunate to have the Danawa Community Garden which is run by some very passionate an hard working people.

Danawa recently celebrated it's 10th anniversary with a celebration at the garden. People attended who could recall when it was a large patch of grass and now with it's bountiful beds, fruit trees, structures, greenhouse and pizza oven, wow!

If you have a community garden nearby, it's well worth popping in, saying hello and getting involved.

Danawa Garden Update

THIS SATURDAY 10 am.

Danawa Garden's chairman, Perry with Leanne, Claire and John

at the vibrant community garden.

PICK ’N’ PLANT

THIS SATURDAY 2pm.

Weather permitting, the plan this Saturday is to drag the branches out where Council can mulch them up.

All welcome – pitch in and reap the harvest for your dinner!

Come along and meet other keen veggie gardeners in the Torquay area.

The garden is between the Surf Coast Hwy and the Torquay footy ground and tennis courts. See you there.

More info, contact Perry Mills on 0428 848 646 or via perryagmills@gmail.com

 

DANAWA COMMUNITY GARDEN FOOD SWAP

DANAWA COMMUNITY GARDEN Newsletter

DANAWA COMMUNITY GARDEN

NEWS LETTER.

“To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves”

Gandhi

FOOD SWAP

THIS SATURDAY 10 am.

Our summer crop is all but finished, we

do have loads of spring onions and

shallots to swap, see you there with any

goodies you may have

April 28 2012

PICK ’N’ PLANT

THIS SATURDAY 2pm.

Weather permitting, the plan this Saturday is to

work on the berries in the North mandala area.

We will feed them with compost and manure

and aim for a good crop this summer.

SOCIAL EVENT

THIS SUNDAY 4-6pm.

This Sunday a group is going to Wolsley

Winery in Torquay to check out their pizza and

party, please come along if you’re free.

Wine and gourmet pizzas available at the show

- Lucie Thorn, featuring Victoriana Gaye!

$10 per person admission.

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Community gardens are a great melting-pot of your neighbourhood. Residents of all ages, professions and backgrounds come together to grow food, share ideas, seeds and conversation as they plant, weed and harvest.

When I rocked up to the Danawa Community Garden in Torquay, I was delighted to find a like-mined group of people who are some of the nicest gardeners I’ve ever met.

Some of the great people who keep Torquay's Danawa Community Garden growing.

Community gardens are places where people don’t give a toss about the car you drive, the size of your house, the brand of your jeans or which footy team you follow.

OK, they do care if you follow the Cats or the Bombers. But they are also places where the ability to grow really good corn, a sweet tomato or a fantastic heritage pumpkin far outweighs the size of your plama TV or which school your kids attend. As it should be.

If you can make a good, hot compost heap, advise on permaculture, chooks, bees or how to build a worm farm - or want to learn - you’ll be welcomed with open arms.

And while not everyone at the community garden may qualify as your new best friend, you’ll meet a fantastic array of people who really care about the important things in life; growing delicious and nutritious food, bees, worms, chooks and enjoying a cuppa while talking about compost.So pull on your workboots, pick up your gloves and prepare for a great gardening adventure!
Find out where your local community garden is here or if there's not one listed, contact your local council.