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We collected these annual flowers and sign yesterday for our two Floriade displays at Holt Shops. A number of different varieties here! Join us to help plant these tomorrow at our Flower Planting at Holt Shops event at 2 pm. Tea and coffee supplied by the wonderful Capital Region Community Services. Please dress for theContinue reading “Flower planting 2 July 2 pm”

Join us to plant some annuals at the flowers beds near the Holt Shops! 2 pm on Saturday 2 July 2022. Tea and coffee being provided by Capital Region Community Services. Please dress for the conditions, it may be cold. Bring along a hat, gloves and drink bottle – and wear fully covered shoes. IfContinue reading “Flower Planting 2 July 2 pm”

We will be repairing all the grassy areas across the park that need some extra TLC after the construction of our forests. Pending completion of the last of earthworks and landscaping (including some deliveries of more logs and rocks!) – which can happen when the ground dries. The toilets will also be removed as soonContinue reading “Repair work coming soon”

It has been too wet and muddy to do much more on-site this weekend, but we have now distributed all the mulch from the mulch piles for both the Micro-Forest and Food Forest. It’s looking lovely. We are expecting another mulch delivery this week for the Micro-Forest depending on the weather. We are also graduallyContinue reading “One week old!”

We are starting to go through the drone movies and images from our Community Planting Weekend. Breathtaking. Thank you so much Janet Thomson, these are amazing! More coming soon!

We are really excited to share with you some beautiful and deeply meaningful artwork that has been developed by Ngunawal artists Jazz & Kristal from Wilay Designs – Aboriginal Artists, for the Holt Micro-Forest community. We are still working through details of the location and dimensions for the mural in the park. In the comingContinue reading “Caring for Country”

What an amazing Community Planting Weekend! Words can’t express how grateful and happy we are feeling – and many community members have reached out to say the same. So many people came together to make this happen over the last 14 months, and here we are! It’s the end of one wonderful chapter and theContinue reading “Community Planting Weekend”

Today is Reconciliation Day. It a time to reflect and to learn about our shared histories and cultures, and to explore how we can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. It is a time to reflect on our past, the ongoing impacts of colonisation and the work we need to do to heal and closeContinue reading “Reconciliation Day”

We have a new location for our Floriade Garden this year, with 800 bulbs to be planted behind the bus stop opposite the Holt Shops on Beaurepaire Cres. This is also one of our entry points to the Micro-forest. A big shout out and thank you to Capital Region Community Services CRCS who submitted theContinue reading “Floriade Garden 2022”

Today’s photos show the progress being made in shaping the forest beds and in the creation of the subterranean water flow trenches which form the water harvesting design. These trenches have river sand and blue stone placed at the bottom before they are re-filled. This trench in the photo below leads up towards the positionContinue reading “Water harvesting trenches”