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Green Connect

Locality: Wollongong, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4243 1537

Address: 37 Princes Highway, Unanderra 2526 Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.green-connect.com.au

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25.01.2022 Trekking through the mud here on Green Connect farm, Shay Reh skillfully balances bales of freshly harvested vegetables on a bamboo beam across his shoulders. These are the veggies he then washes, ready to be packed into this week's veg boxes. Shay Reh joined the Green Connect Farm team after being referred to Green Connect through local organisation (@scarf.refugee.support) and has now been with us for around 5 years. . Speaking about his experience working on the farm, he ...says that Green Connect is great for refugees and Karenni people because we can do anything; it’s very hard for us to speak a new language but Green Connect gave us a job. That means everything to us. . Shay Reh says I probably know 80% of the other Karenni at Green Connect from the refugee camp I grew up in. He beams as he tells us this; it makes him incredibly happy to get to work with people he has known his entire life, in a new country and living a better life than the one they once knew. . Read more of Shay Reh's remarkable story on our blog. "Getting to know Shay Reh" https://green-connect.com.au/getting-to-know-shay-reh/ See more

25.01.2022 This week we're mixing up our Monday live and introducing some of the young people that work at the farm. Cliodhna, Alyssa-May, and Ryan are all valuable members of our team and they each contribute something different. When working with young people, there are many barriers that they can face and a lot of the time we find it's just a matter of building confidence and experience. Cliodhna works closely with our market garden, keeping it beautiful and managing any pests, as ...well as doing deliveries for our veg boxes Fortnightly. And we love to hear about the futures we inspire in our young people as they fall in love with outdoor work. We look forward to seeing Alyssa-May working as a Ranger and to see Ryan pursue work in bush regeneration or market gardens! See more

24.01.2022 "Small and slow systems are easier to maintain than big ones, making better use of local resources to produce more sustainable outcomes." - PermaculturePrinciples.com Seed saving is a small and slow solution. When you save seeds from your own edible plants, you gradually develop varieties better adapted to your garden's soil, climate and growing conditions. Find out the best seeds to save and how to do it by coming along to our Dec 5 workshop 'Gardening Basics' with Jacqui Be...sgrove. It's one of many skills she will be sharing on the day! Learn more at: https://green-connect.com.au/product/gardening-basics/

24.01.2022 Our Farm Tour for Families have been so popular we quickly sold out of tickets for most tours! Never fear, we have opened up more dates and times for you and the kids! The extra tours are on Wednesday 7th at 11:30 and 1:00pm due to popular demand. Jump on the website asap to book: https://green-connect.com.au/product/farm-tour-for-families/

22.01.2022 In case you missed it, we have announced a bunch of great Springtime workshops on the farm and would love you to come! 'Gardening Basics' Sat Dec 5th 9am - 12:30pm Jacqui Besgrove will walk you through the basic skills to get you backyard gardening with confidence and prepared for Summer. With the change of season, now is the perfect time to make plans, learn simple skills and start thinking long-term to ensure the success of your edible garden. Build up your skills the prac...tical way as Jacqui demystifies the growing process! Learn more: https://green-connect.com.au/product/gardening-basics/

21.01.2022 "By putting the right things in the right place, relationships develop between them and they support each other" - Permaculture Principles. com If you're getting curious about permaculture and want to study with us, you're in luck! We've just announced a lovely bunch of spring workshops on our farm including 'Introduction to Permaculture' and 'Working with Nature'. Both are taught by the experts that have helped make our farm the edible urban oasis that it is. Learn more at:... https://green-connect.com.au/vi/op-shop-and-farm-workshops/ See more

20.01.2022 This made our day - a photo of a stool-making workshop held by Illawarra Woodworking School at Denbigh farm in Cobbitty. The owners of the hayshed where it was held, Ian and Susie, donate location fees to not-for-profit organisations and chose us this time around. Thank you so much! It looks like a fun day too.

20.01.2022 If you have clean, gently used clothes, homewares, linen, shoes, toys, books, appliances and small furniture, please consider donating them to us at the Green Connect op shop,37 Princes Highway, Unanderra -- we're the bright purple building, you can't miss us! You can drop off in store from 9am-4.30pm Monday to Friday and 9am-2pm Saturday. Our loading bay and parking lot is available at the rear of the building, accessible via First Avenue. As a local not-for-profit that creates jobs and reduces waste, your donated goods are kept out of landfill and provide employment opportunities for young people and former refugees. By donating to us, you help not only local people, but also our planet!

17.01.2022 Not a bad spot for a planning meeting! Thanks for joining us yesterday, Sarah (Popes Produce) and Berbel (Food Fairness Illawarra). Maybe we should have more of our meetings out here...

16.01.2022 Working with Nature Saturday December 5th 1:30pm-5:00pm Take inspiration from the natural world to design and create your garden as an interconnected ecosystem! Jacqui Besgrove will combine theory and demonstrations to help you bring together the separate elements of your garden to achieve sustainability and longevity. Learn more - ... https://green-connect.com.au/product/working-with-nature/ See more

15.01.2022 With spring rolling in, we're saying goodbye to the bok choy and joy choy that have filled our veg boxes throughout winter. But we're looking forward to seeing our leafy greens and flowering veggies take the stage. One of the spring varieties we're looking forward to are the sweet potato leaves! In keeping with our zero waste policy, we are appreciating every part of the sweet potato at the Green Connect farm and it definitely makes it easier when many of our Congolese staff... love to cook with them. See if you can name the leafy greens pictured below!

15.01.2022 Come down to the Green Connect op shop for bargains on books, deals on home decor, and getting thrifty with clothing! In these times, more and more people are turning to home and garden improvement and our DIY and gardening books have been flying off the shelves. Great reading weather has been predicted for the weekend, so why not visit us and see how we can help you improve your home and how we can help create a green future for us all? We are accepting donations! Find us from 9am-4:30pm Monday-Friday and 9am-2:30pm Saturdays at 37 Princes Highway, Unanderra.

12.01.2022 We're kicking off our delivery changes with a new social media style, check out what's in our boxes next week and start planning all those delicious meals. With every veg box purchase, our community is helping us employ more former refugees, more young people, and many other individuals who face barriers to employment. And what better way to support community growth than to invest in quality chemical-free produce from just down the road!

11.01.2022 Workshop coming up! Saturday December 5th 1:30pm-5:00pm This workshop will have everyone getting their hands dirty by learning to dig a swale to capture and store water and making your property a giant, living water tank resilient enough to survive the summer drought.... You'll also learn to recognise and creating microclimates, the important role of windbreaks and how to design one, urban corridors and their benefit to native animals and beneficial insects. This workshop is one of 4 workshops running the weekend of Dec 5-6th. To book all 4 at a discounted price just $273 or $91 each. Learn more: https://green-connect.com.au/product/working-with-nature/

09.01.2022 New workshop announced! This workshop caters to anyone new to native gardening concepts as well as those more well-versed. Either way, we guarantee you will take home insights that you didn’t walk in with! Please Like and Share to help us get the word out

05.01.2022 Despite how crazy this year has been with COVID-19, the Green Connect team has been slowly working toward bigger and brighter futures. We’ve been able to relocate our op-shop and office and we’ve employed hundreds during a time when employment opportunities have been even harder to come by. One of our biggest goals for this year has been the relocation of our farm hub and pictured below is what it looks like so far!... We’ve got a commercial kitchen in the works and some beautiful community garden and education spaces. But one of the most exciting (and beautiful) updates at the farm, is our lovely kids garden. This safe educational space will be ready to use in the lead up to 2021 and we can’t wait to show you all the final product!

05.01.2022 Our farm tours for families are so popular we've announced even more dates for the school holidays! Visit the website to book: https://green-connect.com.au/product/farm-tour-for-families/ Private tours bookings are possible for larger groups: https://green-connect.com.au//private-tour-of-the-green-c/... Green Connect is a not-for-profit social enterprise that provides employment to young people and former refugees and the sustainability industry. Your booking directly helps us to continue the vital work we do. Thank you for your support!

03.01.2022 Next week's boxes are filled with lots of our winter favourites as we see the last of the cooler crops coming into harvest. With spring coming into full swing (it's definitely getting hotter) keep an eye out for fruiting crops like tomatoes, zucchini, cucumber and pumpkin!

02.01.2022 We're still delivering veg boxes over December and we want to invite our community to spread the Christmas spirit by donating a box of fresh produce to someone in need. In the middle of this year we received a large donation which we used to bring a smile to 17 nominated individuals by sending them 4 week's worth of boxes. When we asked some of the recipients what the boxes had meant to them, one said it "meant having fresh food on the plate and smile on my face when deliver...ed " and another said "it felt like such a loving generous gesture!" So we encourage you, during the Christmas and New year period, to donate and nominate someone who could use a smile and some generosity. Check out our donation options here: https://green-connect.com.au/product/donate-a-veg-box/

01.01.2022 We're all excited for the long-weekend but make sure to keep those good times rolling and continue celebrating with some of our juicy chemical-free veg and fruit! The colours and flavours at our farm really contrast with those on the grocery shelves and, for the staff members at Green Connect who have a veg box subscription, we can't imagine going back to buying fresh produce from anywhere else. If you haven't already, check out our subscription options here: https://green-connect.com.au/green-connect-shop/