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You’re invite to join us at the Boyle Park Playground on Sunday 28 November from 10 am to 10.45 am, to learn some tips from local ecologist Gerard Dwyer on identifying native trees around Holt. This session will be suitable for beginners, both kids and adults alike. 

Have you seen these small, beautiful native flowers scattered across Boyle Park? These are Wahlenbergia (native bluebell), Goodenia pinnatifida (cut leaf Goodenia) and Vittadinia cuneata (Fuzzy New Holland Daisy). We are looking at how we incorporate these into the Micro-Forest too!

Yesterday we were very fortunate to have local Holt architect Janet from Stack Space donate her time and tech to capture aerial footage of our Micro-Forest site, Boyle Playground, via a drone! This will assist in the planning and design process, and also a great record of the park before we begin planting. Looking forwardContinue reading “Aerial Park Photos”

Floriade reimagined officially finished on Sunday 17 October. What a beautiful addition to the Holt Shops, especially during lock down. So, what’s next?We will be leaving the bulbs in the ground until flowering is complete and the leaves have withered. This allows the bulbs to properly develop under the soil before we take them out.Continue reading “Holt Floriade Garden Working Bee”

Seeking your feedback! Last week we met at the park to map out some ideas for the Micro-Forest and Food Forest landscape areas around Boyle Playground. We used witches hats and cones to mark out areas, which helped to visualise the space. Following some community feedback, we looked at a new layout that would seeContinue reading “Planting Locations”

We’d like to welcome two new Bronze Sponsors to our team – Daniel Gough TerryWhite Chemmart Higgins and Tim McNevin Milestone Life Coaching at Consultancy Higgins. Thank you so much for your support and we look forward to working together to deliver this amazing project! Please help support these locals business getting behind our community.Continue reading “Welcome New Sponsors”

Following our initial zoom community consultation session for the Holt Micro-Forest on 1 August 2021, the written summary of the meeting is now available on our Resources Page! Please read over the report and let us know what you think! Remember our second community consultation session, focused on the Food Forest, is being held thisContinue reading “Report Available From August Consultation Session”

An online community consultation session will be held via zoom on Sunday 24 October from 4 – 5.30 pm. The session will focus on introducing the food forest concept and then discussing species selection and community values to translate into design priorities. We look forward to seeing you there! Topic: Holt Micro-Forest: community consultation onContinue reading “Food Garden Community Consultation”

An edible food forest is coming to Holt!  A big shout out, congratulations and thank you to group members Corey Le Mesurier and Arthur Lau who submitted a successful grant application for an ACT Government Community Garden Grant 2021-22. The successful grant of approx $7,500 is to establish a food forest garden as part ofContinue reading “Garden City Grant”

Following the success of the Holt Micro-Forest crowdfunding campaign we’re now well on the way to making this dream a reality. Thank you to everyone who has been involved, we’re only just getting started now! Our next step is to hold an online community consultation session on Sunday 1 August from 4 pm – 6Continue reading “Online Community Consultation Session Sunday 1 August 4 pm”