What's growing on?
Welcome to the August edition of the Gardens for Harvest Newsletter.
Our local Indigenous people- the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation refer to this as WARING - WOMBAT SEASON
Days are getting longer, but not yet much warmer. Plants sense the changes in day length so, in temperate regions they are waking up, but further north the dramatic changes of the south do not occur. In southern Australia, cool, clear nights, frosty mornings and plenty of rain can only mean one thing, it is August and the beginning of bud burst. Regardless of where you live, here are some top gardening tips for your place in the month of August.
Are you aware of the Royal Botanical Gardens:
Aboriginal Heritage Walk?
Womin Djeka! Journey into Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, a significant cultural site for the local Kulin Nation, with a First Peoples guide.
Gain insight into the rich history and thriving culture of the First Peoples of Australia though a journey of identifying significant native plants within the Gardens. Learn about Aboriginal plant uses, customs and ongoing connection to Country.
Tickets can be purchased here:
Aboriginal Heritage Walk | Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (rbg.vic.gov.au)
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Cool to Cold Areas
Low temperatures for extended periods of time (all of Tasmania, most of Victoria, the southern highlands of NSW, the ACT and a tiny southern bit of SA)
It’s your very last chance to put bare rooted trees in! Race down to the nursery now, and grab some fruit trees, including apples, pears, plums, peaches, and nectarines. Deciduous exotic trees can be planted in now also.
There’s a bit happening in the veggie patch, so you could try spinach, broad beans, Jerusalem artichokes (put them in a pot or they can take over!!), potatoes, peas, onions, parsley, cabbage, broccoli, rocket, silverbeet, cauliflower, lettuce, leek, Asian greens, radish, beetroot and parsnip.
Pruning and weeding is a top job to do at this time of year. Deciduous fruit trees love a big old haircut now, except your apricot!
If planning on putting in some tomatoes next month, prepare a bed now (your toms will thank you for it). Do this by popping in some organic compost, pelletised chook poo, a wee bit of water, and applying straw mulch-avoid sugarcane in these areas due to the transport associated with its supply.
This bed will be awesome come September….and you will have the greatest tomatoes in the street!
Get spraying! To prevent peach leaf curl (which also effects Nectarines)
Top up mulch on your veggie patches, herb gardens and ornamental beds. Choose sustainable, low environmental impact mulch, one that will enrich your soil as it breaks down.
Green manure crops (like faba beans or field peas) are good to go now…..improve that dormant veggie patch!
On really cold days, why not head out to the shed, and sharpen, clean, oil and maintain your garden tools. Sounds tedious, but it’s really rewarding, and will save you cash and plant illness in the long run.
August gardening tips | Sustainable Gardening Australia (sgaonline.org.au)
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Opening of Belgrave Food Garden.
On June 25th we celebrated the opening of the Belgrave Food Gardens as part of the Belgrave Lantern parade.
The Gardens were officially opened by Deputy Mayor Cr Johanna Skelton. It was a wonderful opening with childrens lantern making activity and mulled apple tea.
This photo is of Heath Pawley- Gardens for Wildlife Volunteer giving an inspirational speech on how to garden to support our wildlife at the event.
The Gardens are located behind Inspiro and you can join in by visiting on the 2nd Sunday of every month.
- This is a drop in style event, arrive at any time, stay as long as you are able.
- Children are very welcome.
- Please dress for the weather and bring drinking water as there is none on-site.
- Tools provided, no gardening experience needed.
- When: 8th August, 12th September, 10th October, 14th November, 12th December
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Healing in our Gardens
We are really pleased to announce that our Community Recovery team will be holding the Healing in our Gardens program launch event for our storm impacted community on Saturday 3rd September at Mist@Olinda in the beautiful Botanical Gardens at Olinda. If you were impacted by the June 2021 storm, and would like to learn more about our free Program of events, activities and resources this Healing in our Gardens Program can offer you, please join our Community Recovery team on September 3 rd at this program launch.
You will be able to meet some of the wonderful community groups, nurseries, organisations and people helping us to bring Healing in our Gardens to you, and learn more about or register for upcoming free events, activities and resources available, to help you and our other storm impacted residents, restore, reconnect with or rebuild your private gardens damaged or destroyed in the June 2021 storm or from subsequent clean-up works.
The Healing in our Gardens program will have three main focuses.
- My Garden Sanctuary - where residents can come together and learn more about how to restore, reimagine and rebuild their own gardens
- Lending a Hand - where residents can connect with and support each other and their communities, by sharing their gardening knowledge, experience, or physical skills.
- Beyond my Fence - where residents can come together, learn more and be involved in supporting and caring for their local environment, biodiversity, sustainability, and place.
More details about the September 3 rd Healing in our Gardens Launch event will be shared with our communities and community groups in the coming weeks, via flyers, emails and across our Recovery Website and social media platforms.
We know many still have a long recovery journey ahead, but do hope that Healing in our Gardens provides a positive, meaningful and practical step forward that helps you and our other storm impacted residents to continue your healing journey in and through your garden, home and the beautiful environment which we live within.
If you would like to register your interest to attend our Launch Event on 3 rd September, or receive more information about Healing in our Gardens, please contact Deb Sargentson – Community Recovery at D.Sargentson@yarraranges.vic.gov.au
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PYV 30th Birthday Celebration
Sunday 11th September noon – 4:30pm
maximum 100 participants
Location:
Sydney Halbish Memorial Hall
Don Valley
We are planning an afternoon of celebration for the whole family including:
Lunch – fully catered by Koha Cafe (Warburton) – Vegetarian lunch (including gluten free options) consisting of: Soup, Choice of Curries with rice, Jacket Potatoes with butter & cheese, Side salads.
Keynote speaker – David Holmgren (co-originator of permaculture)
David will be speaking about permaculture and its ability to help create connected and healthy communities and its impact on community.
This is a unique opportunity to listen to and learn from one of the originators of the permaculture concept.
Celebration of our history – Some stories and acknowledgement of our achievements.
Kids entertainment (during the presentations) – ‘The Dreaming Space’ will create ‘Wonder, Joy and Curiosity’ with a permaculture theme for the kids while the formalities are on.
Cost:
$20 per member (18 y.o. and over)
$25 per person – non-member (18 y.o. and over)
$15 per person – (youth 11 to 17 y.o.)
Free for Children 10 y.o. and younger
Please book early, as this event is limited to 100 people.
Events – Permaculture Yarra Valley
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September Gardens for Harvest Workshop
Preparing for Warm Season Growing with Stu Ryder
This workshop will cover a range of topics to improve summer gardening success, including:-
selecting and propagating appropriate warm season crops, soil & garden preparation, crop rotation & successional plantings, summer green manuring, watering strategies, and managing healthy plants for high yield.
Bio
Stu has over 20 years experience as a backyard grower, small scale organic market gardener and permaculturist. He’s propagated 10’s of thousands of seedlings, and experimented with many techniques to improve quality, quantity and consistency applicable to small scale growing. He’s passionate about promoting backyard production to improve localisation and resilience in our fragile food systems.
Thanks to Eastern Regional Libraries for hosting this event for us. This will be at the Lilydale Library.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL via this link:
Yarra Ranges Council - Warm Season Planting Workshop With Stuart | Eastern Regional Libraries (yourlibrary.com.au).
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Yarra Valley Food Network
Inspiro is excited to announce the launch of the Yarra Valley Food Network website, in partnership with Yarra Ranges Council, Bendigo Bank (Warburton and Yarra Junction) and Koha Café.
YVFN is an online hub for bartering, swapping, selling and giving away excess local produce. The website is designed for EVERYONE to have access to information about locally grown and produced foods. The website encourages, enables and shares information, supporting the health of the community and supports local growers, even backyard ones!
Website: www.yvfn.com.au
Facebook: www.facebook.com/yvfoodnetwork
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Mooroolbark Urban Harvest – Food Swap
- When: Monthly on the 2nd Saturday @ 10:00 – 11:30am
- Where: Red Earth Community Park Brice Ave, Mooroolbark VIC 3138
- Contact: Claire Smith Ph:0425 700 280
- Cost: Free.
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The Valley Market ECOSS
Market @ ECOSS
Come visit us every Friday from 3:30pm-6:00pm
at Yarra Valley ECOSS, 711 Old Warburton Road, Wesburn.
http://www.ecoss.org.au
Market @ Warby
The Valley Market Warburton replaces the Warby Summer Produce Market. First Sunday of the month 11am-3pm.
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Indigenous perspectives on decolonial futures
Event description
This online gathering aims to explore cultural difference, Western culture, colonisation, modern societies as well as Indigenous worldviews, perspectives and philosophies from around the world, including Australia, Africa, New Zealand and the Americas. Practical decolonial actions that flow from these perspectives will also be considered along with potential emergent decolonial futures. Formats will include presentations, interactive exercises in small breakout groups and general questions and discussion.
This gathering will be facilitated by Dr. Yin Paradies, an Aboriginal-Asian-Anglo Australian of the Wakaya people from the Gulf of Carpentaria. Yin is Professor of Race Relations at Deakin University, where he conducts research on racism and anti-racism as well as teaching and researching Indigenous knowledges and decoloniality. He is a radical anarchist scholar and ecological activist who is committed to understanding and interrupting the devastating impacts of modern societies. He seeks meaningful mutuality of becoming and embodied kinship with all life through transformed ways of knowing, being and doing that are grounded in wisdom, humility, respect and generosity. Yin lives in the intentional community of Moora Moora, having moved to the mountain in 2020 to be in community, cultivate a closer connection to Country, and engage in an ethos of down-shifted collective sufficiency, voluntary simplicity, frugality, direct democracy and radical localisation.
Date and time
Sun 13th Nov 2022, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Online Event
Zoom link will be emailed on the day of the event.
Indigenous perspectives on decolonial futures, Hosted online, Sun 13th Nov 2022, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm AEDT | Humanitix
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November 1st to 30th 2022
Urban Agriculture Month 2022
Growing Edible Towns and Cities
From 1 to 30 November 2022, join us for the second national #UrbanAgricultureMonth. The month will feature a range of self-generated events, from open gardens, workshops, guided tours, communal feasts, and other hands-on learning experiences.
To get #UAM2022 ready, read the below guidelines for a quick overview of what UAM is all about. Then, add the details of your event to the online form - your event will be featured on our events map ready to be shared far and wide!
Urban Agriculture Month 2022 -
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Yarra Valley Regional Food Group.
Runs 3rd Sunday Every Month
In line with the world's fastest growing food trend for seasonal fresh produce the inaugural Yarra Valley Regional Farmers Market was held in March 1998. The concept has been an outstanding success for regional producers, for local consumers and for visitors, many of whom come to the Yarra Valley specifically to check out the region's growing reputation for exceptional and exciting food and wine.
Yarra Valley Food Group
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July Bee Group Meeting
Sun, 31 Jul 2022
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
2pm - What's Happening in my Hive?
Followed by our monthly Speaker
Come along and keep up to date with local conditions that effect your hive, connect with other beekeepers, share resources, improve your apiary skills and learn more about honeybee ecology.
Meetings are held at ECOSS, 711 Old Warburton Road, Wesburn, in the newly renovated ‘Coop’ (past the old house, over the green, down the bottom).
Yarra Valley Bee Group | TidyHQ
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Healesville Community Garden
Growing delicious food, celebrating community and getting creative is what we love doing at Healesville Community Garden. Located at Coronation Park, River Street, Healesville 3777
Follow this link for details:
Healesville Community Garden Yarra Ranges Council
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Yarra Valley ECOSS Community Garden
Our community garden is a place for everyone to come and get their hands dirty while creating community connections and new friends. You can propagate seeds for the garden in our nursery. You are welcome to come in and have some fun Tuesday to Friday between 9am and 4pm. If you would like to come and volunteer in the garden and you haven’t before please go to the contact page or drop in and have a chat with us and we will get you started.
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♻️🥕 A rebate of up to $40 is available to Yarra Ranges residents to purchase eligible items for home composting and to start composting their food waste at home.
👩🌾🌱 Food waste makes up around 40% of the contents of our rubbish bins. Composting at home helps to reduce our food waste and creates valuable soil additives that can be used in vegetable and ornamental gardens.
Find out more and apply on the Yarra Ranges website »
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Gardens for Harvest would like to respectfully acknowledge that we are operating on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Woi Wurung language group of the Kulin Nation.
We wish to work respectfully with our local elders and community members, to protect and care for country. We send our respects to our local Indigenous community and all First Nations people, as well as all natures inhabitants on the earth, under the earth, in the water and in the sky. The seen and unseen.
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