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SUMMARY:Organic Teaching Garden - Working Bee and Shared Lunch
DESCRIPTION:EcoMatters Organic Teaching garden is a space where our community can join in and learn about a range of sustainable gardening ideas in one location. \nThis is a great chance to get involved in your local organic garden. \nAs we head into the growing season\, we would love extra help to give the gardens a bit of a spruce up and prepare for spring. \nThe garden is located at 4 Olympic Place New Lynn\, and is just across the road from EcoMatters bike hub. \nIdeas for the day (let us know what you’re interested in)\n– Harakeke clean up\, sugarcane and banana plant maintenance\n– Light weeding\, spreading compost or mulch\n– Food forest pruning\n– Divide and pot up edible perennials\n– Bathtub wormfarm TLC \nSome of our basic garden structures need repair or rebuilding. We build these with upcycled and repurposed materials to help protect the vege beds from wild chickens. \nMaterials needed – please get in touch if you can donate:\n– Sturdy untreated timber needed 2.5 and 4.5m lengths\n– Bamboo poles needed to rebuild a garden frame (50mm dia x 2.5m lengths min)\n– Divisions of edible perennials (strawberries\, herbs etc) for our community kai berm planting \nBYO Gear\nTools are available to use\, but if you have your own\, please bring along:\n– Gloves\n– Sturdy covered shoes / boots\n– Raincoat / hat\n– Water bottle / snacks \nLunch 12.30-1pm\nVege soup provided\nTea / coffee\nShared kai contributions welcome! \nLet us know what you’d like to focus on\, so we can plan the day. \nContact meg@ecomatters.org.nz \nNB. Please click on ‘Get tickets’ (free) so we know numbers and can contact you incase of postponement. \nIf today doesn’t work for you\, our organic teaching garden sessions are held each Friday 11-2pm.
URL:https://ecomatters.org.nz/event/organic-teaching-garden-working-bee-and-shared-lunch/
LOCATION:EcoMatters\, 1 Olympic Place\, New Lynn\, Auckland\, 0600\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:EcoMatters Events,Nature
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