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The Old School Community Garden in Stirling

Locality: Stirling, South Australia

Address: 100 Old Mount Barker Road 5152 Stirling, SA, Australia

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24.01.2022 Happy Sunday everyone! CALL-OUT FOR CARDBOARD - do you have any cardboard boxes lying around that you no longer need? Wed love to take them off your hands. We use cardboard to help suppress the weeds by laying it down under and around the wicking beds, and covering it with mulch.... Time is against us with winter approaching, so if you have any you want to offload, please give us a call on 0401 590 875, or send us a message.

23.01.2022 Are you interesting in learning how to create a simple nature play area at home for your children? The Hut at Aldgate is running a workshop on Saturday with Kate McMurray from Mindful Family Life from 9:30am - 12:30pm. Entry is $10 incl. morning tea. Bookings essential at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/create-a-nature-play-area-f

23.01.2022 Would you like to receive our seasonal newsletter? Sign up to our mailing list on this link or see the Autumn newsletter below. https://mailchi.mp/48d4aaa5bb61/oscgemailsignup

23.01.2022 We return to @theoldschoolcommunitygarden tomorrow for the start of our August garden sessions. Spring is around the corner and there is always plenty to do. There's no better place to catch up with community with plenty of space for social distancing. See all further details on picture. ... All welcome! #adelaidehills #volunteers #community #communitygarden #gardensofadelaide #gardeningaustralia

23.01.2022 A few action shots from our successful ’How to Build a Wicking Bed’ workshop held at The Old School Community Garden yesterday. Thanks to everyone that came to help build the last few wicking beds, and learn new skills at the same time. Friends, old and new, bogged in to get the job done. Great to see Adelaide Hills Councillor, Kirrilee Boyd there too. The garden was alive and buzzing with activity. A lot of work has gone into this year-long project. ... Thanks to Marty, David and Hamish for running yesterday’s workshop, and for all the hours put in by the committee (e.g. Ben, Simon G, Don, Simon J) and garden volunteers during the year to build and replace all the wicking beds - 25 in all! And thanks again @adelaidehillscouncil for enabling it to happen, and to @NeutrogAustralia for their donation of fertiliser.

23.01.2022 Hi everyone! August garden sessions are almost here. We'll be taking small, tentative steps to slowly come out of winter (and Covid) hibernation. Come to any or all sessions, potter around, and still maintain physical distancing and safe hygiene practices. If you're feeling energetic, perhaps lend a hand to install the remaining wicking beds ready for Spring. We'd love to see you.

23.01.2022 Getting exciting to be meeting lots of wonderful folk at this great event next Sunday. Come along and say hi!

22.01.2022 There is plenty of space at the community garden for everyone to physically distance while tending to your plots.

21.01.2022 A very big thank you to Amy from @adelaidetreefarm for her kind donation of three trees. A Claret Ash, Manchurian Pear and Copper Birch tree. @adelaidehillsoutdoorplay and @theoldschoolcommunitygarden are so grateful for them and can't wait to watch them grow and provide shade for children to play under. @ The Old School Community Garden in Stirling

21.01.2022 Come along to today's garden session to get away from the crazy Christmas madness and relax. Tend to you plots, or help around the garden. So much to do after the summer rain. Come and unwind with community. 9.30am to noon. All welcome!

21.01.2022 A massive thank you to everyone who attended the propagating workshop last Autumn. All your plants are heading to new homes to help rebuild gardens around the Adelaide Hills, Kangaroo Island and Yorke Peninsula. SABGR held their open day this weekend and it was their busiest yet with thousands of donations. We did good team. Big pat on your back ... Can you spot Jenny Deans in the photos what a legend she is. Always helping our community. Thanks Jenny!

20.01.2022 Today we pruned the espaliered apple trees. 'Espalier' is the horticultural, ancient agricultural practice of controlling plant growth for the production of fruit, by pruning and tying branches to a frame, or training branches against a trellis or wall. Benefits of espalier include:... You can grow more fruit in less space You can trains plants to produce more fruit Can create interesting designs and landscapes Harvesting fruit is easier No ladder is needed if trees are kept low Photos show one of our apple trees before and after pruning.

20.01.2022 Our 'Nature Journaling Session: Drawing at Dawn' is coming up next week as part of The Nature Festival. Details below.

19.01.2022 BUSHFOODS PLANT COLLECTION DAY. At last, we have some news for those lovely folks that attended our first Bushfoods Workshop in November last year. As you know, our second workshop on 2 May, when you would have collected your plants kit(s), had to be postponed due to the Covid19 pandemic. ... We can now tell you that our bushfood plants are still available from the suppliers, and well be planting them out in the community garden on Saturday 27th June. If you ordered plants at the first workshop in 2019, please come and collect your plant kit(s) on the day. Members and visitors are welcome to come and help create the bushfood trail. Our garden volunteers will be there to provide advice and guide the planting. We have plenty of room to keep our physical distance! You'll discover bushfood plants native to our local area. Thanks to you all for your patience during this difficult time. We're still hoping to have a second workshop with Uncle Ivan Cropley at some time in the future. We'll keep you posted.

19.01.2022 Hi everyone, This week we received the best news we've had all year! Adelaide Hills Council has just committed to investing $155,000 to upgrade the 150-year-old heritage schoolhouse at the former Stirling East Primary School site. ... You may remember that in mid-December last year we feared losing The Old School Community Garden from the site altogether. At the time, Council advised us of the potential for management of the site to be handed back to the owners, the State Government. After years of hard work by volunteers transforming the neglected land around the building into a thriving community space, we knew the existence of the garden that we had so lovingly created at the site was in jeopardy, and we just couldn't let this happen. But neither could we let the historic school building continue to deteriorate. We received a huge show of support from you, our members, and the wider hills community, and we subsequently presented to a Council meeting about just how much we value the community garden and how widely used it is. We proposed practical solutions that would make the old school building useable. Council had specifications drawn up for repairs and upgrades taking into account the heritage value of the building and our interests in being able to use it, along with opening up scope for more community organisations and services to also use the facilities. And now, almost a year later, the news of the upgrading of the school building has given us renewed energy and motivation. It means our future at The Old School Community Garden is looking more assured. We are looking forward to working with Adelaide Hills Council, and to finding more ways of connecting the community. We would love your continued involvement at the community garden, and welcome new and renewed memberships. Please email any inquiries, or questions about hiring a garden plot, to Helen, our membership officer, [email protected] Thank you to all our members and the hills community for your support. Now we can move forward with more confidence - to plant, nurture, grow, learn, meet, dream, share and thrive in nature - and our beautiful space. The Old School Community Garden committee

18.01.2022 Do you need to get out of the house? Then come and immerse yourself in the community garden at the next communal gardening session on Sunday from 9am - 12. With Spring almost here, there's so much to do. Some of our plots need a bit of TLC, and hands are always needed to help fill some of the new wicking beds, or think about starting some seeds in the greenhouse. You might even have your own ideas or projects. Hope to see you!

18.01.2022 The Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges and SA Murray-Darling Basin NRM Boards are pleased to announce the opening of the Cudlee Creek Landscape Recovery Grants tod...ay, to support landholders affected by the recent fires in managing their natural resources. Landholders can apply for up to $5000 to help manage pest plants and animals, protect soils, manage water quality, and protect biodiversity. Grants close 27 March 2020. Details here: http://tiny.cc/cudlee-creek-recovery - - - Adelaide Hills Council | Mount Barker District Council | Natural Resources SA Murray-Darling Basin | SA Bushfire Updates & Community Assistance | SA Recovery | Lobethal Bushfire Recovery See more

18.01.2022 Families exploring The Old School Community Garden today for Adelaide Hills Outdoor Playgroup today.

17.01.2022 NOTICE TO PLANT-PROPAGATORS FOR SA BUSHFIRE GARDEN REVIVAL (SABGR): PLANT DROP-OFF DAY IS SAT 25 JULY. To everyone that attended our Plant Propagation Workshop for Bushfire Garden Revival in February, PLANT DROP-OFF DAY IS NEXT SATURDAY, 25 JULY AT THE OLD SCHOOL COMMUNITY GARDEN. Could you please drop your plants off at The Old School Community Garden between 1 and 4pm on Saturday 25th July. We will ensure they are looked after and delivered to the open days to be held by SA...BGR volunteers for bushfire-affected communities. If, for any reason, you cant drop off your plants on the 25th, please contact [email protected] to make alternative arrangements. Due to Covid-19 we wont be having our planned social afternoon on the plant drop-off day, but will greet you and your plants warmly from a safe physical distance. You are welcome to come and enjoy the open space and clean air of the garden on the day, or at any time. We're looking forward to seeing you and your lovely little plants on Saturday the 25th July.

17.01.2022 The Old School Community Garden has a new letterbox!! Check it out...

16.01.2022 Happy birthday to us! 28th August 2011, the day we broke ground as a community garden. Thanks for the photo Simon Jones.

16.01.2022 Clear your diaries! Our annual LONG TABLE LUNCH is coming up on Sunday 8th November, at 12:30pm. Preceded by a short ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING at 12 noon, our long table lunch is a great way to meet other members of the community and celebrate Spring in our beautiful garden surrounds. You’re welcome to join us for the AGM and/or the lunch. Please let us know if you’re coming, so that we can keep track of numbers, by emailing us at [email protected]. Perhaps you’re inter...ested in becoming a committee member or nominating for one of the committee positions? If so, then the AGM could be your chance to become involved in the running of the garden. If you’re coming to lunch, please bring a plate of food to share and your own drinks and glasses. We’re looking forward to sharing a table with you! This is a Covid-safe event.

16.01.2022 Covid19 and The Old School Community Garden: In these extraordinary times, you might be looking for a new place to go, an activity to get involved in, or a way of connecting with others who may also be feeling a little disconnected. Why not come to the beautiful, peaceful and open space of The Old School Community Garden in Stirling? ... Dig and plant with others to create a productive, shared food garden in our community garden beds. Help create and grow food with others in the wicking beds provided, all of which have high-quality growing soil. In time, you can all share your produce to take home for dinner. Just register with us at no cost - [email protected] - and in return be willing to work in the garden on a regular basis, and supply your own seeds/seedlings. Plant and share with others that have also registered. Its easy to practise social distancing and still feel connected. But we ask visitors to please observe current Covid19 regulations and maintain a 1.5m distance from each other, while maintaining good hygiene practices. As per state government requirements, groups of more than 10 people are not permitted to gather.

15.01.2022 Lots of children exploring @theoldschoolcommunitygarden from @adelaidehillsoutdoorplay this morning. So great to see them back after such a big break. Look at all the new wicking beds! ... #adelaidehills #adelaidehillscouncil #adelaidegardens #natureplay #natureconnection #childrenoutdoors #vitaminnature #adelaidehillsoutdoorplaygroup

14.01.2022 Summer is here, but is it really This amazing Summer rain and 17 degree days sure is confusing. Here are the December dates for garden sessions so you can come along and lend a hand and unwind in nature during this crazy Xmas month.

12.01.2022 Here are November's garden session details. Come along and have a wander around, help with some weeding, learn some new skills and gardening knowledge whilst meeting your local community. #communitygarden #communityconnection #volunteers #stirling #sagardens #springweeding

10.01.2022 Due to the Covid-19 virus, Part II:Bush Foods Workshop & Working Bee has been postponed. Please contact The Hut for a refund if you have paid already. We hope this event will proceed once life returns to normal again. But in the meantime, please enjoy as much sunshine as you can, get out into nature and enjoy your gardens. The best therapy is being outdoors absorbing the sunshine with dirt between our toes. ... Enjoy Autumn and relax. See more

10.01.2022 Have you visited The Old School Community Garden before or recently? You're more than welcome to come and explore. There is lots of beautiful new creative additions to the cottage garden. And a new koala trail. The native bee trail is full of information on plants and local bees and now a Bush Food trail. Signage is not there for that one yet but will be soon. There is also a beautiful butterfly forest planted by 100 children, and our huge veggie patch which is currently g...etting new wicking beds installed. @adelaidehillsoutdoorplay will return in Spring. If you would like to visit check out bio for details. Come along to a garden session or just stroll around. But please leave growing produce for the growers. Hope to see you there. All welcome! @ The Old School Community Garden in Stirling

09.01.2022 Postponed Bush Foods Workshop - Part 2 To those of you that were involved in our Bush Foods Workshops, thanks so much for your patience while we continue to work out the logistics of getting your plants to you (if you ordered them) in light of the Covid19 restrictions. Uncle Ivan is keen to run the second workshop at a later date when it can be arranged, and well let you know about this once weve worked it out.... For those of you who placed plant orders, we are aiming to have plants available in June. There are some minor changes in plant species but our suppliers have confirmed that most plants will be available. However, as very few people recorded their names when making payments, we will need to confirm payment details with you, and this will take a bit longer. Either we, or The Hut, will be in touch with you with further details as soon as we can. In the meantime, please keep checking back here, and keep tending your plots ready for planting soon-ish!

09.01.2022 Our free Wicking bed workshop is on today. Come and lend a hand to build wicking beds and learn thow skill along the way. All welcome! 2pm to 5pm Saturday, 17th October 100 Old Mount Barker Rd Stirling

08.01.2022 Hi folks, here's the dates for our garden sessions for October. A tad late due to very busy school holidays. My apologises Join us this Sunday for our next garden session or come along on the 17th to learn how to build a wicking bed. Then we have another Saturday garden session to get stuck into planting out our beds and maintaining the site. Many hands make light work and good company. Hope to see you there. All welcome! ... #communitygarden #southaustralia #adelaidehills #adelaidegardens #volunteers #savolunteers #natureconnection #natureshealing #communityconnection

08.01.2022 Would you like to learn how to build a wicking bed? We have a free workshop on the 17th of October for all to attend. All we ask is that you lend a hand in return. We were lucky enough to win a grant through @adelaidehillscouncil to replace our garden beds with wicking beds. Thanks AHC! Come along from 2pm to 5pm, bring your hat, afternoon tea and water. Tools provided. ... Let us know if you'd like to come along via message, replying to this post or email. Hope to see you there! #communitygarden #wickingbeds #skillsharing #adelaidehillscouncil #volunteers #adelaidehillsgardens #southaustralia

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06.01.2022 Sadly the @uraidlasusfair has been postponed due to federal government advice regarding cancelling non-essential events to slow the transmission of COVID-19. ... The organisers didnt make this decision lightly and I really feel for them after the amount of organisation that has gone in and all done by volunteers (youre amazing!!). I really want to encourage anyone who was thinking of attending the sus fair (and even those who werent) to check out the websites or socials of the stall holders. It takes weeks of preparation before having a market stall and due to the last minute decision to postpone these stall holders will be out of pocket. If you were looking forward to buying a product from one of the businesses get in touch with them and buy something anyway! Itll make their day . We are so looking forward to the rescheduled fair and if youre freaking out about Coronavirus and dont want to leave the safety of your own home, perhaps consider having your fruit and veggies delivered... we currently have lots in stock. See more

06.01.2022 If you are stuck inside... here's a crisp morning in the old school garden to enjoy...

06.01.2022 How cool is this! Hope to be back at the garden soon. We will keep you up to date with our next session dates. But feel free to stroll around the garden, tend to your beds and chill out after such a bizarre week. Breath

05.01.2022 PLANT PROPAGATION FOR BUSHFIRE REGENERATION: Thank you to all the wonderful people that propagated plants for bushfire-affected gardens in the Adelaide Hills, and brought them back today, so we can hand them over to the SA Bushfire Garden Revival group (SABGR). All the plants are doing well, and are well-established. Great job everyone! The photos show just a few of the hundreds of little plants that people have propagated. We transported a few of them to the Summertown collection point, where Kate and Suzie will continue to look after them until they can be distributed to people that want to re-establish their gardens. A big thank you again to Jenny Deans for organising this wonderful event.

04.01.2022 Would you like to learn how to build a wicking bed? We have a free workshop on Saturday 17th of October for all to attend. This year we were lucky enough to win a community development grant from @adelaidehillscouncil to replace all of our garden beds with wicking beds - thank you Adelaide Hills Council! Also our thanks to @NeutrogAustralia for their generous donation of fertiliser for the new beds. We've almost finished them all, only a few to go, which we'll do together on... Saturday. Come along from 2pm to 5pm, bring your hat, gloves, afternoon tea and water. Tools provided. If you'd like to come, let us know via message, replying to this post or email. Hope to see you there!

04.01.2022 To our new members, a big welcome to our garden! It's great to have you growing with us. The community garden is open, and you are welcome there at any time to tend your plots. However, due to the Covid 19 pandemic, all of our workshops have been postponed. Our regular garden sessions are continuing, but with only a handful of volunteers. Well keep you updated on whether and when any of this changes.... If you have any questions at all about the community garden, please send us a message, or chat to one of our regulars next time you're there.

04.01.2022 The next garden session is on this Saturday 22nd August from 2-5pm. If youre already a member and have a plot or wicking bed, bring some seeds and seedlings to plant ready for Spring, propagate some cuttings, or just hang out and watch the rest of us slowly move towards opening up the community garden after the long winter of our pandemic. We've got some newly-built wicking beds for lease. For $40 a year + membership fee you can help keep your family fed, and be part of a friendly, dynamic community. Please email [email protected] for information. Then come and join in at regular garden sessions. @ The Old School Community Garden in Stirling

03.01.2022 A wonderful AGM/long table lunch for the Old School Community Garden community. A big thank you to Rachelle our former Chairperson and Lou our former secretary for all your contributions to the garden and your community And a big congratulations to Marty our new chair person ... Thank you to all who have taken on new roles and to all that have kept the garden going over this last few years. It's been a challenge but we did it. #community #communityvolunteers #communitygarden #celebrating #sagardens

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02.01.2022 Were thrilled to have started planting out the new Bushfoods Trail over the weekend. Its going to become an important cultural and educational part of the community garden, and were looking forward to watching it grow. Thanks to everyone that came to collect their bushfoods plants ordered at the first workshop in November, and to the volunteers that stayed on to help plant out the trail. Jenny Deans and her team planted 217 new bushfood plants, with only 50 more left to b...e put in - a huge effort! If you couldnt collect your plant orders on Saturday, please contact us at [email protected] to arrange another time.

01.01.2022 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 Ill 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 well 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.

01.01.2022 Hi all, due to the Covid-19 virus we will be postponing the Wicking Bed workshop. But we would like to welcome you to visit the garden anytime to escape and unwind. It is a peaceful place with many weeds to pick. Vitamin N will do you the world of good. Get out into your gardens and get as much sun as you can, plant some Autumn seedlings like Broccoli, Lettuce, garlic, herbs, potatoes, shallots, snow peas, beans, chicory, silverbeet and onions. Plant bulbs, feed your lawns, ...cut back and prune plants. Check out SALIFE magazine Gardens & Outdoors Autumn edition for all the new seasons jobs you can get up to. Gardening is a good form of mindfulness and great for our immune systems. So enjoy mother nature and take care of your selves. We will notify you of our return to our workshops.

01.01.2022 Take some time in nature to see the spring unfolding, get creative and connected. Sign up now for a Nature Journaling session at either the Old School Community... Garden (Sat 26 7.30-8.30am) or Teetaka Ila Platform Community Garden (Monday 3.30-4.30pm). Jenny Deans Hills Horticulturalist and member of The Old School Community Garden in Stirling will guide you through some easy drawing and writing exercises so that you can start your journal of the amazing nature of the Adelaide Hills. Supervised children welcome - all participants need tickets - to book visit https://www.thehut.org.au/workshops/workshops-slug2/ See more

01.01.2022 Spring, it's so nice to see you Here are our September dates. All welcome to come along and lend a hand. #communitygarden #community #volunteers #stirling #sagardens #adelaidehills