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Girrawheen Community Garden

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Address: Patrick Court, Girrawheen 6064 Perth, WA, Australia

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25.01.2022 ReminderWe're holding our Girrawheen Community Garden Committee meeting this evening, Wednesday 16th September, 7pm at the Girrawheen Hub building behind the library. Everyone welcome, look forward to seeing you there

25.01.2022 Hi everyone, just to let you know that the Presentation of the Final plan to the Community that was due to be held this Saturday 5th Sept has been delayed as we are not quite ready. Sorry for any inconvenience. A new date will be announced soon, keep watching this space!

24.01.2022 Our new garden between the Library and the Hub buildings has been started! Meanwhile our back garden behind the Hub is looking good!

24.01.2022 Our new garden area between the Girrawheen Hub and Library is starting to take shape. The raised garden beds will be installed on Thursday. Come along to our Busy Bee on Sunday 29th 2-4pm and see the progress for yourself!

22.01.2022 Come and join the Revolution at our Busy Bee this Sunday. In our ‘back’ garden behind the Girrawheen Hub 2-4pm.

21.01.2022 Enjoying a break at our last Busy Bee. May Busy Bee dates are Sunday 2nd and Sunday 16th 2-4 pm. We are also having a stall at the Lions Swap meet at Newpark Shopping Centre on Saturday May 8th 7am to 11 am to raise some funds for ongoing costs to run the Garden. If anyone has plants , books or bric a brac they would like to donate to us for the stall please contact me or else come along and buy a gift for Mother's Day

20.01.2022 Another great Community Design session yesterday Thanks to everyone who’s been involved in these sessions over the last month. So many wonderful contributions Community Garden here we come

20.01.2022 Our Busy Bee today! The rain stayed away thank goodness. Come and join us next Sunday 18th April 2-4 6pm

20.01.2022 I’m working in the office today onsite at Perth City Farm Perth City Farm was established in 1994 and is considered Perth’s oldest Community Garden. We’re loving being part of bringing Perth’s newest Community Garden, Girrawheen Community Garden to life Here’s a few pics from my ‘office’ Enjoy the sunshine everyone. Cheers Emma

20.01.2022 The winner of our Open Day Scavenger Hunt was Lesley. Well done Lesley. She received a box of garden goodies as her prize, presented by our Secretary Angie. The most popular name for our Garden Gnome was Girra Gnome. Girra will be installed in the garden soon!

19.01.2022 We didn’t let the rain stop us today We flipped our first pile of compost, built another one, installed our worm farm and some bird baths, tasted borage flowers and planted tomatoes, eggplants, chillies, chives, mugwort and mustard

19.01.2022 Receiving our Banner from Edem, our Community Support Officer. Thanks to the City of Wanneroo for their support of the Garden.

18.01.2022 Perenjori Community Garden

17.01.2022 It was wonderful to have so many enthusiastic participants at our first Community Design session last Saturday. We talked about our aims and aspirations for the garden, imagined what it would be like in two years time and carried out a site analysis. We're all wearing our different hats to help imagine how different members of our community might experience the garden There are two different opportunities to attend session 2 on either the 14th or 15th of August. Check out the events for more details or email Emma on [email protected]

16.01.2022 Duncraig Edible Garden is hosting Composting Workshop tomorrow at 9am. The address is 40 Warwick Road, Duncraig, Corner of Marmion Ave. I am going to try to attend and I'm sure they will welcome others!Duncraig Edible Garden is hosting Composting Workshop tomorrow at 9am. The address is 40 Warwick Road, Duncraig, Corner of Marmion Ave. I am going to try to attend and I'm sure they will welcome others!

15.01.2022 Here are some photos taken at the Foodbank WA's Food Sensations for Adults sessions on Wednesday evenings at the Hub building. They have been using some of the herbs from the garden in the meals they have been preparing. In this one they have used Warrigal greens which is local to Australia and New Zealand. It can be used instead of Spinach or Asian greens but should be blanched or soaked in cold water before use to remove any bitter taste. Here they have been used in a Gnocchi dish

14.01.2022 Lots of action in the garden at the moment These are just a few highlights, our amazing zucchinis and the beautiful stepping stones created for us by Girrawheen Senior Highschool students they are so beautiful we can’t wait to install them in the garden

14.01.2022 Some photos from our garden "crawl" this morning to Wanneroo Community Garden, Duncraig Edible Garden and Hamersley Community Garden

14.01.2022 Looking forward to our final Community Design session this evening 7pm at the Girrawheen Hub. We’ll be starting with a review of the draft concept plan and in the second hour will get stuck into our Communty Garden Committee meeting. You’re welcome to just join for the Design session or stay for the meeting and find out what we’ll be up to next

13.01.2022 Composting workshop at Duncraig Edible Garden this morning

13.01.2022 The dates for our next Busy Bee's are Sunday 11th April and Sunday 18th April both at 2-4pm. Come along and see what we do. We are also having a bric-a-brac and plant stall at the Lions Swap meet, Newpark Shopping Centre Car park, on Saturday 8th May 6.30am to 11am. We are raising funds to help pay for the cost of our insurance that we need to keep running and to buy garden related items such as soil wetter and mulch. If you have any suitable items such as pot plants, cuttings or household items in good condition that you would like to donate to us please send me a message. Thank you

12.01.2022 Hi everyone, I've just added 3 events to the page for August. Don't forget that Design session 2A and 2B are the same just held at different times so choose the one that suits you best or come to both if you like! The third Design Session and Committee Meeting will be held on Wednesday 26th August if you would like to add that to your diary or on your phone calendar Regards, Wendy

11.01.2022 Hi everyone, We are holding our first Busy Bee this Sunday 4th October between 2pm and 4pm. Sorry for the short notice but we have been waiting for our insurance to come through. BYO gardening tools, gloves etc. We will meet at the fenced garden behind the Hub. Hope to see you there!Hi everyone, We are holding our first Busy Bee this Sunday 4th October between 2pm and 4pm. Sorry for the short notice but we have been waiting for our insurance to come through. BYO gardening tools, gloves etc. We will meet at the fenced garden behind the Hub. Hope to see you there!

11.01.2022 The sun is shining Looking forward to seeing lots of people at today's Community Design Session. Come along and join us 3-5 at the Girrawheen Hub as we continue to develop our concept plan for our garden. If your're interested in gardens or just seeing great things happen in Girrawheen we'd love you to join us. All welcome

11.01.2022 Our last Busy Bee 15th Nov. We turned the compost, installed the water garden, collected the bricks for the garden edging and ate cake! The contractors are installing the reticulation in the new garden area this week so things should start to move quickly now. Our next Busy Bee is on 29th November 2 to 4pm. Hope to see you there

10.01.2022 Thanks Perth City Farm! Our first pick up 528 bottles for our fundraising!

09.01.2022 We are really excited to have two local schools, Hudson Park Primary School and Girrawheen Senior High School involved in creating elements to be part of our garden. Both schools are already switched on to the value of gardens and gardening for their students so it's wonderful to have them on board and look forward to lots more collaboration to come. Their first contribution is this terrific scarecrow from the Hudson Park students. We love him! and can't wait to see him in the garden.

08.01.2022 These photos were taken on a trip down to the Nannup region. We had a look at a few Community gardens in the area to see what people had in their gardens. Lots of ideas for different types of garden beds

08.01.2022 Looking forward to our next Community Design sessions, where we'll be discussing garden layout and talking about our favourite plants Remember there are two opportunities to attend, just pick the time that suits you best.

03.01.2022 We had a fabulous team of Perth City Farm staff and volunteers and our wonderful committee members down on site today getting started on installing our raised garden beds and our wicking beds. Looking pretty good already

02.01.2022 Just a few of the plants that we have growing in the Perth City Farm nursery waiting to be planted out into our garden in the next few weeks

02.01.2022 Very exciting news! We have our first workshop already scheduled. This will be our first event post the garden opening in a couple of months. It's free and will be terrific so pop over and get your ticket now. This event is a partnership between the Girrawheen Library and the Girrawheen Community Garden and we look forward to many more collaborations in the future.