Gardening Education, Edible Plants Nursery & Organic Abundance
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Come on down to our free August winter workshops and events!
Jul 31st
Build a Pizza Oven ~ Sunday 5th August, 9am – 2pm
Fresh home made pizzas are best made on a wood fired pizza oven. Learn how to build one from blocks and clay sourced on our site. This is a great way to try the fresh produce that we have growing at the gardens …. pizza tastings to start in Spring!
Edible Forest Gardens ~ Sunday 12th August, 9am – 2pm
If you missed out on the Edible Forest Workshops in June here is another chance to be involved. We will be designing a second food forest from the ground up, identifying plants suitable to our local climates and utilising microclimatesfor a productive orchard.
Garden Party ~ Sunday 19th August @ Harbourside Market
Join us at the Harbourside Markets on the Jetty Foreshores for this joint event between the Coffs Community Gardens and the Harbourside Markets. There will be heaps of gardening stalls, free garden guru advice tent, competitions and activities for the whole family. Wear your favourite gardening gloves and hat to win a prize!
Repairing your Garden Tools ~ Sunday 26th August
Revamp your old garden tools before the start of Spring planting. Learn how to bring your garden tools back to life with a few simple techniques. Bring along all the old tools from your shed.
Raising plants from seed ~ September date TBA, watch this space!
Spring time is here …. the perfect time to start raising plants from seed and cuttings. This will be a popular one folks!
Have fun, be inspired, share in the abundance!
Don’t miss our Edible Forest Gardens Workshop Series
Jun 13th
Free Event ~ All Welcome ~
This is an open invitation for the Coffs Harbour region to attend the Community Gardens first food forest workshop series.
We will cover some of the theory behind edible forest gardening as well as being a hands on experience to get you comfortable in establishing your own productive environment.
The edible forest garden is a perennial polyculture that is designed to change and evolve like a natural forest while providing food and enjoyment for humans, birds, animals and the earth.
We are providing a series of workshops, each day focusing on different elements of our food forest.
Workshop 1: WATER
Sunday 17th June, 9am – 2pm
Swales, water management and building access pathways
Workshop 2: FOREST
Sunday 24th June, 9am – 2pm
Designing our forest layers from the ground up, identifying plants suitable to our local climate and utilising microclimates for a productive orchard.
Workshop 3: MANAGEMENT
Sunday 1st July, 9am – 2pm
Maintaining our garden, soil improvements and biological pest control.
We provide: Materials, machinery, plants, and knowledge.
You bring: Enthusiasm, work clothes/boots, gloves, extra shovels or garden hoes would be appreciated.
Have fun, be inspired, share in the abundance!
