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Our wonderful supporters at Capital Region Community Services (CRCS) are holding a Sustainability Working Group picnic at Gawari Mada on Wednesday 26 October 12 noon to 1 pm in honour of World Habitat Day. You’re invited to join us on-site to hear more about the Holt Food Forest and Micro-Forest from community leaders Corey andContinue reading “World Habitat Day Picnic 26 October”

Thank you to everyone who came along on Sunday 25 September to set up the food forest! 🌲🍎 We smashed through it at a blistering pace and everything is now ready for spring. 🌺 We have around 200 plants (around 100 different edible species) across the 5 themed gardens and the pollinator patch. 🐝 AContinue reading “Planting Day at The Food Forest”

Thank you everyone who attended our working bee this afternoon to plant the Native Weeping Grass lawn Microlaena Stipoides. And thank you Mike Hettinger for bringing along the tubestock, grass seed and methodology! The seed will take 2-3 weeks to germinate. There are a few clumps of the plants together to show you what theContinue reading “Thank You Volunteers!”

Winter has passed, the flowers are blooming and the bees are buzzing. It’s time to plant out our community food forest garden! We’ll kick off from 10 am on Sunday 25 September and aim to finish by early to mid afternoon. On the do list:. Weed the site. ⛏️. Plant out our five themed gardensContinue reading “Join us to plant the Food Forest!”

A heart felt thank you to everyone who attended our Ngunawal Culture Connection event to hear and learn from Ngunawal Elder Tyronne Bell from Thunderstone this afternoon. And grateful also for the messages from those who couldn’t attend but had wanted to be there. We are excited to share with you our new Ngunawal LanguageContinue reading “Gawari Mada”

Please join us for this very special community session tomorrow Saturday 3 September at 2 pm in the Micro-Forest with Ngunawal Traditional Custodian Tyronne Bell. Please bring your own picnic rug or fold out chair. Tyronne will commence this session with a Welcome to Country. He will teach us about the cultural significance of theContinue reading “Ngunawal Cultural Connection Event Tomorrow”

Thank you everyone who helped today at our Special Working Bee – Ground Preparation for the Native Weeping Grass Lawn! We also drained some pooling water and spread some extra mulch around the paths. It’s looking lovely. The centre of the Micro-Forest is roped off now in preparation for planting and growing the lawn.

Join us this weekend to prepare the soil for our Native Grass Lawn! Saturday 27 August 2 – 4 pm. Please bring your own gloves and shovel (wheel barrow if you can). Hope to see you there! The Native Grass Lawn will create a comfortable gathering space, and also showcase how Weeping Grass can beContinue reading “Join us this weekend!”

Please join us for a special working bee to prepare the ground at the Holt Micro-Forest for the Native Weeping Grass (Microlaena stipoides) to be planted in late September. Please wear full shoes and bring your own gloves. It would be handy to bring a large shovel and a wheelbarrow too if you can. SeeContinue reading “Special Working Bee 27 August 2 pm – Ground Preparation for Native Grass Lawn”

Hi everyone! You may recall that in our landscape design, the centre of our Micro-Forest was identified as a Native Grass Lawn using Microlaena Stipoides, also known as weeping grass. The intention of the Native Grass Lawn is twofold – to create a comfortable gathering space, and also to showcase how Weeping Grass can beContinue reading “Location of Weeping Grass Lawn”