Daylesford Community Food Garden: A new community garden in Daylesford will make four

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

A new community garden in Daylesford will make four

A community group has formed to grow another community garden at the Daylesford Community Reserve (skatepark et al). The group asked DCFG reps Patrick Jones and Peter O'Mara to meet them a month ago to discuss a possible garden there. Pete has been involved with the reserve's development for over ten years, facilitating the birth of the skatepark. Patrick went along to discuss the site and possible design. This is the first drawing he has done for the group, prepared for the second meeting on site tomorrow.

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Tania Verdez10 May 2012 at 12:50
Wonderful! great plan. Just what is needed :)
Oh and maybe a nice wooden pirate ship or fort ;)
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Daylesford Community Food Gardeners are a diverse community group who are auspiced by the Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre (DNC). Everyone is invited to participate. Please get involved by joining our regular monthly working bees or garden in your own time.

For general information contact DCFG representative Patrick Jones.

We meet on the second Saturday of each month from 10am-12 noon at the Albert St garden (beside the Daylesford Library) where we grow annual food plants. Less occasionally we meet at Rea Lands Park (42 Raglan Street), our community orchard and herb bank. Intermittently we assist with food production at DNC and we support Hepburn Health Service with planting edibles and flower gardens for patients to enjoy. We auspice the Bridport Street bus stop beautification project, we have designed a 5 acre food forest at Daylesford Secondary College (which awaits inspired people to see this large project to fruition), and we also work on the community food garden at the Daylesford Community Reserve.

Patrick Jones is the archivist for this blog, so please contact him for any blog related matters.

Across all our gardens we're committed to establishing a community food system enabling free, just, and organic food. We will however except uncertified and conventional ag food waste to create our dynamic composts. We recognise that gardening together is of great social and ecological value and that community gardening is 'social warming' in an era of global warming.