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Lakeside Drive Community Garden
Locality: Alawa
Address: 27 Lakeside Drive 0810 Alawa, NT, Australia
Website: www.cdu.edu.au/ldcg
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22.01.2022 We had a magical Little Gardeners session this morning at the garden experimenting with using plants to make natural dye for play dough, and colourful tea to drink. We recommend getting your hands on some, or growing in your garden some Butterfly pea, also known as Darwin pea or clitoria ternata. It can be commonly found and the edge of paths in reserves, and you can also purchase locally dried at Parap Fine Foods. Learn a little more about this flower on the Taste of the Top End web page. https://tasteofthetopend.com/2020/05/08/foraging-for-ink/ We used the dry version of the Darwin pea flower, which changes to a purple colour with some citrus added. It worked well to make some dazzling purple/blue play dough and tea. And we used hibiscus flowers and old red cabbage boiled in water to make the pink play dough.
22.01.2022 See you there, please bring a water bottle and follow COVID safety guidelines, by staying at home if unwell. Thank you!
21.01.2022 Our gardens are a member of Land For Wildlife Top End. Becoming a member of Land for Wildlife supports conservation efforts and links together people who value the diversity and wildlife in our amazing landscapes. Check out this FREE Managing Land for Wildlife course below and visit the website to become a member: #community gardens #topend #permaculture
21.01.2022 Check it out and support local talent! An invitation to an exhibition that features some of the works done by students in 'Studio 4' based on Lakeside Drive Community Garden. Charles Darwin University
19.01.2022 Register NOW for Sustainable House Day on Sunday 20 September to view virtual tours of 7 homes and gardens in Greater Darwin, including Lakeside Drive Community... Garden, and 150 others around Australia! Plus take part in the *30* different webinar sessions on the day, talking to homeowners, tenants and experts on an extensive range of topics. Full program on the website now! Registrations to the Sustainable House Day website are necessary at https://sustainablehouseday.com/register. Sustainable House Day is a valuable resource for anyone looking for practical information on sustainable homes: what works, what doesn’t and how to best navigate the journey of building or renovating your home.
19.01.2022 Come down Monday! Hope to see you there.
19.01.2022 Click in and hear more about Lakeside Drive Community Garden!
18.01.2022 Many thanks to Territory Native Plants for the donation of over 70 trees and Casey with his team of Charles Darwin University students. The students planted native trees along the fence line and installed drip irrigation for them. We hope you enjoy watching them grow! Thank you, what a great support of our community garden.
17.01.2022 Ephemeral Art in the Garden Workshop. Sunday 15 th of November from 2pm. Join in and help to create decorative and functional garden art using found natural and recycled materials. All ages welcome.
17.01.2022 WANTED : Skilled Volunteer Gardener/s to assist with supporting volunteers on Sundays 3-5pm and/or Thursdays 10-12 noon. We are after some incredible gardening volunteer talent to help with our volunteer sessions. Can you teach your skills, share your knowledge and do you enjoy working with people as they have fun and help out in the community permaculture garden? Please get in touch today. Thank you. #Topendnt #Permaculture #darwin #communitygarden
15.01.2022 Tomorrow morning..
15.01.2022 Thank Maya looking forward to your session! Yum!
14.01.2022 Check this inspirational and relaxed gardening group meeting on Saturday morning! Well worth a visit, hope to see you here! All welcome, bring own water bottle. Thanks to Darwin back yard plants
14.01.2022 Check out our fun and tasty one pot wonder cooking session with Maya. Lots of ingredients were harvested, even the plates! Watch out for more community cook ups coming soon! See you this Sunday afternoon for the Herb Spiral Workshop. Learn what you need to know about growing herbs in the tropics! Thanks to @FoodbankNT and @CityofDarwin funding.
13.01.2022 In this video Judy explains how Sanderson Middle School Students have designed their permaculture garden.
13.01.2022 Since the conception of the Top End Local Food Challenge we’ve wanted to bring you a workshop or tutorial on how to make coconut oil or coconut milk. The worksh...op didn’t eventuate, but we hope this self-attempt suffices & you give it a go yourself! Very easy, just a little time consuming, but only $7 for about 2 cans worth and lots of leftover pulp for smoothies / salads and bliss balls . Full video tutorial in our Insta and FB story and saved in the highlights section of our insta! Got a question? Fire away below. And if you haven’t ready, sign up to the #topendlocalfoodchallenge via the link in bio. Running Sept 14-20. #coolmob #ecnt #tasteofthetopend #gulpnt #localfood #tropicalfood #rapidcreekmarkets #darwin #ntaustralia #topend #abcdarwin #farmersmarkets
13.01.2022 The Little Gardeners will be celebrating Children's week on Monday at the garden. We will do some planting, and pot up something to take home and watch grow. And of course lots of free play. More details below. And visit the NAPCAN website for information on other great events happening https://www.napcan.org.au/events/category/nt/ Play Your Part
13.01.2022 We had a wonderful Little Gardeners session on Monday celebrating the Larrakia Seasons with Leslie Gordon, local Aboriginal woman and cultural educator. Leslie grew up on Larrakia saltwater country with the natural surrounds being her playground, and to hunt and harvest from. She is very passionate and knowledgeable about local bush foods. Leslie had great cultural activities for the children. She read Dalba Larrakia Baby by Larrakia Minbeni Rangers while children coloured in animals in the book on a picture of a seasonal calendar that we have a large version of at the garden. Leslie showed us local native plants that we can eat, play with, use as products for dyes and to make soap. We highly recommend Leslie!
12.01.2022 We had a great Little Gardeners session on Monday gone doing some planting and potting to celebrate Children's Week. This Monday 2nd November we are very excited to have coming to join us Leslie Gordon, a local Aboriginal woman. Leslie will deliver some cultural activities tailored for children and make a show and tell table with local bush foods. This special Little Gardeners event is to celebrate the coming season on the Larrakia calendar, Balnba, the rainy season. Little Gardeners is an outdoor program for parents and carers with children not at school on Monday mornings 9-10.30am (except school and public holidays), held in the natural surround at Lakeside Drive Community Garden.
12.01.2022 Happening this Sunday! All your permaculture herb growing questions answered! Book now, it's fun and it's free!
11.01.2022 Lakeside Drive Community Garden have signed onto Sustainable House Day under the #sustainablegarden category and we went out to film a tour of the place last we...ek! Meet Kym, one of their dedicated volunteers. LDCG are now opening group and individual plots, they run workshops, inclusive #upskill programs for students, seniors and work alongside organisations like #Sommerville. Get down and check out the garden today to get involved, even just on a Sunday as a vollie! You’ll learn lots, like how to make your own #nodig #permaculturegarden! RSVP for Darwin’s virtual Sustainable House Day this Sept: https://www.coolmob.org/sustainable_house_day_event #coolmob #sustainableliving #sustainablehouseday #shd2020 #communitygarden #gardeningaustralia #abcdarwin #alawa #darwin #ntaustralia #growlocal #tropicalfoods #livelocal #abcdarwin #cityofdarwin #charlesdarwinuniversity
11.01.2022 A huge thanks to Tim, who runs a local business https://www.territorynativeplants.com.au/ for donating plants to our community garden. As participants at this J...ackfruit workshop, you can purchase, by a donation, paw paw, cucumber, chili pepper and capsicum plus more varieties available. Please bring your spare change to help support our community work. #communitygarden #permaculture #nativeplants See more
10.01.2022 A huge thank you to all who participated in the herb spiral workshop. The hard work and co operation of all involved has resulted in our herb spiral being nearly completed. I was hoping to finish it this Sunday and begin planting it up, but unfortunately won’t be able to make it to the garden on Sunday. However I will be at the garden on this Thursday afternoon at 5 pm to finish off filling if anyone is keen.
09.01.2022 Lots of fun at the gardens today, filming with GULP NT for a special project. Key discussions were... Any age and ability can volunteer. Learn as you go and implement the skills back into your own garden Meet members of your neighbourhood garden for exercise, vitamin D, health and well-being. Come down SUNDAYS between 3-5 PM and get involved! Or PM us for other volunteer opportunities. #communitygardens #permaculture #gardening
09.01.2022 Celebrating National Bird Week at this mornings Little Gardeners session at Lakeside Drive Community Garden. Little Gardeners is on Mondays 9-10.30am except on school holidays and public holidays, for parents and carers with children not at school to enjoy and participate in the garden. Lets us know in the comments if you want to get involved and we can add you to our chat group. For more on National Bird Week and the Aussie Backyard Bird Count https://www.birdlife.org.au/get-involved/whats-on/bird-week And there is the Backyard Bird Count with Birdlife Top End and Enviro Collective CDU this Saturday.
07.01.2022 Hands on and happy faces enjoying the green banana and banana skin workshop by Maya over the weekend as part of the COOLmob and GULP NT #topendlocalfoodchalleng...e !! Thanks to Lakeside Drive Community Garden for partnering with us to host the session, it was a tasty and very eye opening morning learning to use all parts of this delicious fruit that grows in abundance in the #TopEnd! Head over to our website for the recipes. And if you haven’t already... sign up to the challenge running next week!! www.coolmob.org/too_end_local_food_challenge #coolmob #tasteofthetopend #gulpnt #ecnt #localfood #tropicalfood #communitygardens #sharingskills #sharingknowledge #greenbananas #darwin #ntaustralia #livelocal #abcdarwin
06.01.2022 SOS - Save our Soil. Come down to you community garden to learn how to... Also watch this on Netflix. Volunteer and learn Sundays 3-5 pm.
05.01.2022 WE WANT YOU! Do you have a pumping food garden- veggies and fruit trees?, large or small, or have you got good knowledge to share with other about how to grow f...ood in a small space in the Darwin region ? We are super happy to announce that we have received a grant from City of Darwin, to make 3 (very) short movies with a local film maker about backyard food gardens, featuring top tips for people starting out, to answer those frequently asked questions. These will be 1) Our climate, our soil, our season and what grows here 2) How to design your garden, make a veggie bed and get started. 3) If you don't have a garden, where can you join a community garden or buy local produce *We will be advocating for organic/ permaculture style planting with no chemical pesticides/ herbicides/ fertilisers. We have already lined up some very knowledgeable locals, but if you want to add any top tips below, please do. If you would like to feature PM us or email [email protected]. WE ARE ESPECIALLY looking for some pumping "dry season plantings" before the tomatoes and lettuces shrivel up. This would be to film NEXT WEEK. Please get in touch x *GULP NT - Stands for Growing and Using Local Produce NT. It was formed 8 years ago and is a Darwin based community group, connecting community through the growing and sharing of local food.
04.01.2022 Check us out today 3.30pm!
03.01.2022 We love what EnviroCollective do in our community! CLICK and be part of the Backyard Bird Count. Great activity for all ages and get to meet our CDU students!
01.01.2022 Guided Volunteer open hours! Gates open. All abilities welcome! Sunday 3-5pm Tuesday 10-12 Thursday 10-12 If you are a regular, registered volunteer, you can get the code for the lockable gates and come down whenever suits you! ... Gardening is good for relaxing, sunshine, socialising, physical exercise, harvesting produce, cuttings, seedlings, plants, education, skills. Visit our website today to register your interest! https://ldcg.cdu.edu.au/become-a-volunteer/ See more
