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Fern Avenue Community Garden

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8379 8941

Address: 18-20 Fern Avenue 5063 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://fernavenuegarden.org.au

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25.01.2022 Sophie Thompson held her bee hotel workshop at Fern Avenue Community Garden with great success. Here's another project from Sophie you might like to try if you are waiting for a plot here at Fern Avenue or wanting to start a garden at home.

25.01.2022 The organic Gardening Course run by Chris Day kicks of tomorrow night - Thursday the 10th from 6pm. Last minute places still available

25.01.2022 Edit: You can now watch our first video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUqkZLSOdm0&t=266s CRISIS GARDENING: Free Weekly Live Videos starting this Monda...y 23rd, 1pm AEST on Facebook Live. You and me in my garden every week for 30 minutes or so where I’ll show you skills in how to transform your home into a resilient, productive powerhouse. **Video # 1 will be Fresh Food Fast: How to grow veggies you can eat in 8 weeks.** Because right now one of the most sensible things we can do is use the land we have to produce the food we need. It will save you money, feed your household and give you and your loved ones the resilience you need right now. Tune in on Monday 1pm AEST and send in your questions we’ll answer them live (or shortly after). Can't make that time? Fear not, you'll be able to watch it anytime on FB, our website and Youtube and probs Instagram too :-). This is our way of providing you with meaningful hands on support while being hands off together, yet apart. We love you.

24.01.2022 There are so many fruits that we consider vegetables these include the popular capsicum and tomatoes and the less familiar eggplant. Today I'm cooking eggplant parmigiana for our gardeners only equinox lunch and and taking this dish along, It's flexible to be turned into a vegan or gluten free meal that everybody can enjoy. https://www.taste.com.au//25c70fc3-3ad7-411c-aaa4-c8f2c2b4

21.01.2022 Do you have a green thumb and love meeting new people? If so, you will love the Fern Avenue Community Garden

17.01.2022 Come along, this Sunday 20 October, to a free community gardening workshop at Fern Avenue Community Garden - brought to you by the City of Unley and KESAB environmental solutions. RSVP to [email protected] or on 8234 7255

16.01.2022 UPDATE 25/10/2020 UNFORTUNATELY THE GARDEN OPEN DAY CAN NOT GO AHEAD. DETAILS ARE BELOW

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13.01.2022 Unley Plant Rescue are back "getting potty" and this photos of their efforts are amazing. If you want to visit the and browse what they have, you can drop in the Fullarton Park Community Centre.

12.01.2022 Free Event at Prospect Community Garden ~ all welcome

11.01.2022 There has been a fantastic response to Sunday's (19/10/19) seed propagation workshop at Fern Avenue Avenue Community Garden. Places are now filled and no further bookings can be made. Sorry for any inconvenience.

07.01.2022 Anyone else experiencing these white flies Emily has found? Any tips or ideas to share? " I think I have white flies eating up some of my plants from the winter... magic square I planted a few weeks ago. There are holes in many of the young leaves and When I shake the plants, tiny white flies fly out. Any practical advice?? Thank you!" See more

07.01.2022 At Fern Avenue Community Garden we have some very happy chickens. Do you have chooks in your yard?

05.01.2022 How lucky am I..and the bees A big thank-you to Mark and Craig for donating seeds to Adelaide Bee Sanctuary. These will go into the Sanctuary Seeds packets t...o be sold at the next Fullarton Plant and Craft Market, South Australia to support the bees at Adelaide Bee Sanctuary. If you're interested in helping out and donating your seeds please contact me #sanctuaryseeds See more

05.01.2022 Got a love for gardening? This coming Sunday from 11am Fern Avenue will be throwing open our gate for the public to browse, buy plants or produce, learn and enjoy wine & pizza or tea, coffee & cake 18 Fern Avenue, Fullarton is the place to go

04.01.2022 Our Fern Avenue Gardeners always work really hard to prepare the garden for Open Day. Tomorrow is no exception some like me have been baking up a storm while others are marmalade making or picking & preserving produce from the garden. The garden will be open tomorrow from 11am for the public to see the fruits of our labour

04.01.2022 Pest Watch With this lovely, very welcome wet weather, Slugs and Snails can start to be a problem. They especially love young seedlings, lettuce is an absolute... favourite and snails can easily devour a seedling plant in a night! To minimise damage you could try scattering coffee grounds or crushed egg shells around plants, make a beer trap, or try barriers such as cut down milk bottles with onion bag mesh or bird net offcuts over the top. One of the most effective methods is a torchlight stomp, do this over a few nights and you will significantly reduce numbers. Snails are a favourite snack for blue tongue lizards so attracting them to your garden will help control numbers. See more

04.01.2022 Cut and Come again crops. Many of us are quite used to grabbing a few parsley leaves from the garden but did you know that there are lots of crops that can be t...reated in this way. Open hearted lettuces are a great example take a few leaves from the outside and the plant will continue to grow from the centre. Chard, Spinach, Silverbeet, Kale, Asian greens like Pak Choy and many others can also be treated as a Cut and Come again crop. The trick is to not take too much, no more than half, so the plant has enough leaves to continue growing. Our Magic Square lettuces are looking a good size and will recover quickly if we were to take some outside leaves. If your plants are big enough (they may need another couple of weeks depending on when they were planted), why not make a quick side salad from your own garden lettuces? A quick, easy dressing can be made of 3 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons of wine or cider vinegar (or lemon juice), 1 teaspoon of honey or sugar, teaspoon of mustard (optional), salt and pepper, place in a jar and shake. Use to dress washed and dried leaves just before serving and you have a quick side salad from your very own garden!

01.01.2022 Our fruit and veg swap will be going ahead next Sat 7th March we can still swap herbs, flowers, leafy greens, root veggies, seeds & seedlings, preserves ..... ...and stories ..... We will be harvesting and cooking our corn as well that Sat so if you would like to sample our produce come and visit us from 10am. Today's harvest beans, beetroot, carrots and pears

01.01.2022 It has come to the attention of some of our readers of Unley Life magazine that an Open Day was advertised to happen on Sunday 25th of October. After careful consideration it has been decided that the Open Day postponed the issues of social distancing and food service regulations. Apologies for any inconvenience or confusion this may caused.... Regards, The Fern Avenue Community Garden Committee