Brighton Community Garden Education & Resource Centre Inc in Butler, Western Australia | Gardener

Brighton Community Garden Education & Resource Centre Inc

Locality: Butler, Western Australia

Phone: +61 419 928 108

Address: Cnr Landbeach Boulevard & Amersham Cresent 6036 Butler, WA, Australia

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25.01.2022 Spring Lunch In The Garden Celebrating the beauty of Spring and Community The sun was shining today as we cooked produce from the garden, built on friendships and thoroughly enjoyed the occasion ... If you would like to know more about Brighton Community Garden or would be interested in becoming a member, please email our Secretary, Robin at: [email protected]

22.01.2022 MEET THE GARDENER In our 'Meet The Gardener' spotlight this month is one of our newer members, Tiit. Tiit, along with partner, Helen, joined the garden earlier this year. They regularly help out within our community and Tiit is also proving to be a whizz with the technical side of things at BCG - thank you Tiit from all of us! When did you first become a member of the Community Garden?... I become a member of the Community Garden in April 2020. What do you enjoy most about being a member? I like to be outside and learning new things and I think everyone should know how to grow your own veggies. Have you always enjoyed gardening for a hobby or did it come later in life? This is something that I'm still working on! How often do you visit the Community Garden? I try to visit at least two or three times a month on my own plot and help out regularly with the garden community Busy Bees. Would you agree that gardening is one of the secrets to living well? If so, why do you think that is? I do agree and I think it must be something to do with growing your own veggies and eating healthy. It can also be quite therapeutic for some people. Do you have a favourite gardening tip or piece of wisdom? Get out there and be outside as much as possible. What have been some of your greatest successes in the garden? Having my first ever harvest and enjoying my own-grown veggies. What proves to be a gardening challenge? For me it is taking time for gardening and being committed. Do you have a favourite recipe based on garden fresh ingredients? Fresh lemon with gin and tonic. What is the most well-thumbed gardening book on your bookshelf? I don't have one yet. Which celebrity gardener, author or broadcaster do you most admire & why? I am still looking for one. If you were a plant, which one would you be? I would like to be Aloe Vera - it is good for helping people.

22.01.2022 JOBS FOR THE GARDEN IN JULY The rain has well and truly made its presence felt, but don’t let this put you off! In between the showers there is still gardening to do in Perth in July. Get off the couch and put on the thermals, the beanie, a coat and your gumboots and warm yourself up with some winter garden love Veggies to plant in July include: artichoke, asparagus, broad beans, beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, celery, lettuce, onion, potatoes, peas, parsnip, silv...erbeet, spring onions, spinach and zucchini. July is a great time to attend to the following tasks in the Perth garden: Give established rhubarb plants a mulch of manure and a dressing of blood and bone. Break up clumps of chives and shallots and replant plump offsets. Apply liquid fertiliser to vegetable seedlings. To extend the harvest and provide a steady stream of fresh peas, sow seeds every 3-4 weeks. Lightly prune dwarf apple trees annually during winter to help motivate fruit production and fresh growth in spring. The best time to plant cherries is during winter. Weeding, weeding and more weeding! The old gardening tale states: ‘if a weed is allowed to seed in one year, it will be there for seven more’. Weed seeds have the potential to stay dormant in the ground for up to seven years incentive enough to get on top of them while they are small. Keep an eye out for aphids in the veggie patch. See our separate post for a good, organic, home-made spray to deal with this problem. Enjoy your time in your Perth garden in July (credit: gardening gals)

19.01.2022 Brighton Community Garden - 10 years and still going strong

18.01.2022 Spring is undoubtedly the happiest time for gardeners Leaves emerge from dormant shrubs and trees, wisteria and roses burst into bloom, flowering annuals cover garden beds and the soil is wet and warm. The weather entices us all outdoors to frolic about in the dirt and get cracking on some chores. Don’t forget to take the time to smell the roses, relax in the sunshine and watch everything grow: a garden is a place for relaxation, reflection and play. Spring is the ideal ti...Continue reading

16.01.2022 Such wonderful community spirit in the garden today for our ‘Busy Bee’ Weeding, planting and harvesting in abounds, followed by a lovely sausage sizzle lunch and a well earned tipple of choice! If you would like to know more about Brighton Community Garden or would be interested in becoming a member, please email our Secretary, Robin at: [email protected]

15.01.2022 JOBS FOR THE GARDEN IN AUGUST Days are getting longer, but not yet much warmer. However, August marks the transition period between the cold and warm months, making it a great time to get out there and get your garden ready for spring. What to plant:...Continue reading

14.01.2022 Big shout out to Bunnings Mindarie! Bernard gives Julie a Certificate of Appreciation from all of us here at Brighton Community Garden for their very kind and generous donation of a pruning saw and heavy duty pruning loppers. Thank you Bunnings!

11.01.2022 An exciting early morning start at the garden today! Our sincere and huge thanks to Paul at Bee at the Beach Premium Coastal Honey for generously donating and installing our own bee colony. Such an important and welcome addition to Brighton Community Garden https://www.facebook.com/beeatthebeach/

11.01.2022 Jobs For The Garden In October Longer, warmer days mean plenty of time outdoors in the garden in the month of October. Mid spring is the perfect planting time in all parts of Australia the soil is warm, temperatures are not too high and there’s often good rainfall to encourage good plant growth. The Vegetable Patch:... Harvest now: Asparagus may still be producing new spears now, but don’t harvest past the first week or so of the month. After that, allow spears to grow on to become fronds, which will help build up the crowns for next year’s crop. Rhubarb should be growing well enough now for a first harvest. Pull and twist stems to pick don’t cut them. Trim off the bases and leaves, which can be composted but not fed to animals or poultry because they are toxic. What to plant now: It’s full-steam ahead in the vegetable patch now, no matter where you live! Sow seeds or plant seedlings of the following: Asian greens Beetroot Broad bean Carrot Celery French bean Lettuce Leek Onion Dwarf pea Climbing pea Potato tubers Pumpkin Silver beet Spring/Green onion Sweet corn Tomato Zucchini Flowers to plant in October include alyssum, marigold, petunia, portulaca, salvia, cornflower, lobelia and snapdragon. Sow seed and plant seedlings of all herbs, including basil. October is a great time to attend to the following tasks in the Perth garden: Tomato time! Get them growing. Tomatoes should be rotated to new parts of the garden every year to reduce the chance of diseases ruining your crop. Take cuttings of sweet potato from the leafy shoots that grow from the tuber. These strike easily in sand. These rooted cuttings will give you the best return on your time and rapidly get growing in the hot season. Plant chillies either from seed or seedlings and you could be picking before Christmas! In fact, bright red chillies make showy Christmas tree decorations, but you may just have to warn the kids they're hot! Plant passionfruit, and prune established vines by reducing trailing arms to about 60cm with hedge-clippers. Buddleja, tea tree, daisies, marigolds, lavender, bottle brush and grevillea are all great plants for attracting butterflies to your garden and now is a great time to plant them. While the garden’s going well, so too are the weeds! It’s important to get on top of them now, before they take over completely. Ensure your irrigation system is in good working order. Clean filters, flush the drip lines, sprinklers and drippers and repair any holes. Composting worms start to eat more food now that it is warming up. Chop up scraps finely to speed up the process. Finish fertilising fruit trees. Enjoy your time in your Perth garden in October. (Credit: lovethegarden.com)

09.01.2022 18 Reasons To Start A Worm Farm Following on from our recent post about composting, setting up your own worm farm is another great way to convert most of your household food scraps into nature’s finest soil conditioner worm castings! Ready made worm farms can be purchased from most hardware stores and garden centres, but it’s easy to make your own. Here at Brighton Community Garden our resourceful members have adapted and recycled an old fridge that provides a brilliant ...Continue reading

08.01.2022 Having a problem with aphids at the moment? Here at Brighton Community Garden we recommend using a Garlic & Chilli Organic Spray for those pesky garden pests! Why You Should Use an Organic Spray: A healthy garden has a balance of beneficial insects that keep the destructive pest population under control. Pesticides don't discriminate; they kill the beneficial insects, too, throwing your garden out of balance so that it has no natural defences. This perpetuates a vicious cyc...Continue reading

07.01.2022 MEET THE GARDENER Grab a cuppa and enjoy 5 minutes to read all about our lovely Lorena! Lorena is an extremely highly valued member here at Brighton Community Garden - working her own 2 plots with hubby, John, and making weekly visits with the children from East Butler Primary School. What an asset! Thank you Lorena for all that you do When did you first become a member of the Community Garden?...Continue reading

06.01.2022 Please support your local Community Garden Brighton Community Garden will be cooking up a storm at Bunnings Mindarie this Sunday 13th September to raise some much needed funds - come and enjoy a delicious hotdog and drinkHope to see you there!

06.01.2022 A great little article here on Companion Planting - another organic, natural way to keep those garden pests at bay! http://www.gaiasorganicgardens.com.au/companion-planting-g/ (credit: Gaia's Organic Gardens)

05.01.2022 How beautiful is our Macadamia Tree right now?! Simply stunning