A community garden is a single piece of land gardened by a group of people. The garden may consist of individual plots (sometimes called allotments) and/or areas that are gardened communally.
Many WIC members are interested in participating in community gardens, or at least finding out more. Such gardens provide an opportunity to share gardening knowledge and work in a sociable environment. It often leads to sharing seeds, produce and recipes - made all the more exciting when so many different ethnicities with our traditional plants and cuisines are working together!
We are most likely to maintain involvement in a community garden if it is close to where we live. There are a number of community gardens with membership open to the general public already in existence in Hamilton and many would welcome more members. There are also a number of groups considering starting community gardens in the area.
So that you can find out about the gardens already running that you may want to join and also to learn from their experiences, we are organising a Waikato Community Garden Network Meeting on the afternoon of Thursday 22 September in Frankton, Hamilton. More details will follow - watch this discussion page...
Some of the groups that joined WIC have their own land, and we are working one by one to help them develop their gardens. The first is in Tokoroa.
Most WIC members live in the Nawton area of Hamilton, where there is no existing community garden. The Salvation Army in nearby Grandview (where some of our Grow Your Own Vegetables From Seed workshops were held) was thinking about starting a community garden when we approached them about their land: we are now looking to work together on a joint community garden project - watch this space!
Photo: Katherine Hay of the Waikato Environment Centre talking about community gardens at our first WIC meeting. (Jovi, HMS)
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Garlic Growing at Grandview Community Garden
The gardeners planted garlic on a cold sunny afternoon at the community garden. We sourced our organically grown seed garlic from Raglan grower Liz Stanway. One of the community gardeners is experimenting with growing his garlic in a tyre filled with compost.
Grandview Community Garden
When: Friday June 29th 3pm
Join us to mulch your vegetables or weed your plot. New gardeners are welcome – there is plenty of space
Where: Grandview Community Garden. Park on the road opposite 183 Grandview Rd and walk across the grass.
Clare and Tim WIC Community Garden Mentors ph 021 0387623 021 2243109
Gardens4Health Meeting
Gardens4Health works with over 50 community gardens in Auckland. They have regular meetings.
The next G4H meeting is on the 11thJuly, 1pm - 3.00pm at Manurewa Marae, 81 Finlayson Avenue, Clendon, Auckland 09 267 8768. There will be a tour of the marae garden. The guest speaker is Lucy Hawcroft (presumably the Green Party member), her topic is: Community gardens run by Ethnic Minorities in South Auckland: Environmental justice in Action?
If you would like to go please RSVP to Gardens@dpt.org.nz If you would like to carpool please contact our Community Garden Mentors Tim or Clare to see if we have a spare seat - ph 021-038-7623.
Grandview Community Garden
Thursday July 12th 9 am to 12pm
Join us to get ready to plant our community garden fruit trees. Now is a good time to mulch your vegetables or weed your plot. We will be there to help you with the next stage of your garden
Where: Grandview Community Garden. Park on the road opposite 183 Grandview Rd and walk across the grass.
Clare and Tim WIC Community Garden Mentors ph 021 0387623 021 2243109
Fruit Tree Planting at Grandview Community Garden
saturday july 14th 2.30pm to 4pm
join us on saturday afternoon to help plant our community garden fruit trees .
Where: Grandview Community Garden. Park on the road opposite 183 Grandview Rd and walk across the grass.
Clare and Tim WIC Community Garden Mentors ph 021 0387623 021 2243109
Grandview Community Garden
Thursday July 19th 10 am to 12pm
What: How to grow new plants (grapes, figs, berries, roses) from cuttings. Now is also a good time to mulch your vegetables and weed your plot.
Bring: secateurs, cuttings of plants you want to grow – grape, fig, berries, sage, rosemary...
Where: Grandview Community Garden. Park on the road opposite 183 Grandview Rd and walk across the grass.
Clare and Tim WIC Community Garden Mentors ph 021 0387623 021 2243109
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