Our first nine months

The story of Daylesford Community Food Gardeners first nine months demonstrating how a guerilla action at one garden developed into three community gardens throughout the town.

A fleeting visit

We had Helena Norberg-Hodge, the writer-director of the brilliant film The Economics of Happiness, at the Albert Street community garden today.

From L to R: Helena Norberg-Hodge, Meg Ulman (DCFG & HRN), Laurel Freeland (SHARE, HSC) and Elizabeth Hak (ESAC)

November working bee (Albert Street)

Garden Party

In honour of spring, we are hosting a party at Rea Lands Park and we'd love it if you could join us.

A HUGE shout out to the extraordinary Ian Robertson for the poster, and to the utterly delightful Jasper, for the use of his photo.

How it all began

Patrick wrote a short piece on our beginnings for Trouble magazine and then submitted an excerpt of it as an abstract for a global symposium on guerilla gardening in New York, forthcoming. Today it was accepted and instead of flying over to deliver his paper he'll make a video. Stay tuned, in the meantime here's the bones of that paper/video to be:

(click for bigger).

September double bee

This month's working bee began at Albert St and ended at Rea Lands Park. As we have two gardens now we have decided to extend the monthly working bee sessions to four hours, two hours at both gardens more or less, but come for as much or as little as you wish...

So monthly working bees will continue on as usual starting at 10am on the second Saturday of the month starting at Albert St then heading to Rea Lands park for lunch and some more work until about 2pm. Here's some pics from this month's first double bee.

Jeremy and Tia weed the potato patch at Albert St.

Lena and Mara exchange notes at Albert St.

Fiona works while the rest lounge at Rea Lands.

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.

Click for bigger