Danawa Community Garden
Community gardens are places where people come together to grow fresh food, to learn, relax and make new friends.
Danawa Community Garden exists to help you to feed yourself and your family with fresh, organic, locally grown food, and to have fun doing it!
Our purpose is
- the ongoing development of an inviting and accessible place for a diversity of people to come together: sharing work, stories, experiences and food, in a supportive and co-operative environment.
- the exploration and education of organic gardening, sustainability and permaculture gardening principles
- grow a range of foods for members and the wider community
Danawa is a shared garden space, and we rely on the generosity and participation of our friends and members to grow and maintain the food gardens - and to share the bounteous harvest!
Where are we?
Danawa Community Garden is located in Spring Creek Reserve, Torquay (near the tennis courts) - just on the left as you drive in. Look for the meeting space - a shelter made from reclaimed timbers and constructed entirely by volunteers - the mandala gardens, wetlands and fruit trees.
How can you be involved?
- Come down to the garden on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month from 2pm onwards for a the Pick'n'Plant Day and a guided tour,
- Dig in and get down and dirty 1st and 3rd Tuesdays 10am - a midweek session popular with mums and bubs
- Come along to a meeting, or one of our semi-regular pot-luck local-food dinners
- Learn about growing plants in our new plant propagation nursery!
- Just drop into the garden and soak up the vibe..
- Become a member!
Membership
Individual membership $25
Family membership $35
Memberships renewed August/September
Membership benefits
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keep in the loop about garden events
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access to online groupsite - discussion pages, calendar, photos, blog, and more!
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discounts on training and workshops
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discount plants
Membership application available here
Contacts
For more information, contact
Perry Mills perryagmills@gmail.com (0428) 848 646
Claire Gittings gittingsclaire@yahoo.com.au (0423) 683 120
John Harrison john.dharrison@bigpond.com 5261-6193
Thanks, everyone!
We acknowledge the following organisations who have asssisted in the development of the gardens to date - further assistance is always welcome!
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Organisations |
Businesses |
| Spring Creek Community House
Surf Coast Shire Torquay Community Enterprise Australian Open Gardens Scheme |
Lake and Land Civil Contractors Malcolm Slater Landscapes Bruce Cockerill Landscapes Zeally Bay Bakery Barwon Water Ashford Signs Torquay Mitre 10 Quiksilver McGaines Nursesry Surfcoast Plumbing Meredith Cheeses Eco-rehab |
Links
Pat Blampied Pat lives in Jan Juc and maintains a great website full of practical ideas on how to apply permaculture into your garden, and beyond
Geelong Organic Gardeners meets regularly in the Geelong Botanic Gardens and is a really active, vibrant group of passionate greenthumbs. A number of Danawa members attend regularly.
City farms and community gardens network is the website for community gardens across the nations, and it has great fact-sheets, news, features and tips!
Permaculture Research Institute overseen by insprational permaculture teacher Geoff Lawton has lots of examples of permaculture at work, including links to videos of how gardens are changing peoples lives for the better across the world.
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Photo courtesy of Adrienne Dillon