DNC Bee

L-R: Andrew, Lindy, Alice, Dora, Ginger, Diana, Violet, Tim, Patrick, Zero, Maia and Lena took part in a working Bee at the Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre on Thursday 5 March. We weeded, raked, mulched, swept, planted, watered and exchanged notes on gardening for a few hours in the afternoon. 

Thanks for the peg Meg!

Thanks once more to DNC who auspice DCFG and enable us to operate by covering our insurance and generally supporting our development. In return DCFG holds semi-regular working bees to keep the centre looking good, fresh and filled with herbs, fruits and other delights. We are always looking for gardeners to garden at DNC, so if you love what this neighbourhood centre does for the community and you wish to keep it pumping with food and beauty for yourself and others, then take ownership of it... Call Patrick on 0418 523 308 to find out just how easy it is to become a steward of this garden.

DSC Food Forest makes front page news

The Advocate newspaper today...

DAYLESFORD will soon boast a five-acre food forest, thanks to a partnership between Daylesford Community Food Gardeners, Daylesford Neighborhood Centre and Daylesford Secondary College. The food forest will build on permaculture principles and will boast more than 60 species of food producing plants, a poultry system and bees.
Daylesford Community Food Gardeners co-ordinator Patrick Jones said the Daylesford Secondary College Council had already approved plans and the project was now seeking funding. The food forest will be planted at Daylesford Secondary College and will be a fifth community garden for Daylesford.

Read on here.

October Bee

Over thirty participants attended this month's working bee, which we held at Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre (DNC).

All around the DNC buildings are garden beds which are slowly filling up with food plants and herbs.

Paul had organised a delivery of lucerne rounds which we spread along the back garden.

Jasmine, Jill, Adrian, Jeremy and others attacked the west bank.

Dora, Tim, Chris and Luke worked on the front beds.

Eric taught in spontaneous waves contiguous with his beard.

We emptied the straw truck and got farmer Ian Miller's number for more affordable local farm materials (0438 944 422).

We spread the straw and stacked the excess under cover for another day.

Sarah and Ivan manned the Daylesford Food Co-op while they gardened with us.

Lindy (in green below) set up the first Harvest Swapmeet for the season including many seed swaps.

Jo, Tony, Ian and Lena weeded out the strawberry patch and the footpaths.

Danger Maz took to the bent grass with an iron tool.

And we piled up all the weeds, layered by soaked straw, underneath the oak.

New community garden brewing at DNC

Patrick was asked to draw up a design for a safety fence that is to be included in the community garden at Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre. DNC has been working away on establishing another community garden with an emphasis on sustainable food production. DNC run a certificate program in horticulture, and many other related courses and workshops from edible wild plants to cooking. Many of us can see all of Daylesford's community gardens being networked not only as a community food system, but doubling as educational resources.

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