Category: Past Blitzes

Blitz 149 in West Brunswick

Hosting a permablitz is a wonderful thing. Ours was a long time in the making, originally because we wanted to spend time observing our new garden, but then after the first design was almost...

Blitz 143 in Burwood

A cold windy wintery day was not enough to dampen the spirits of the crowd of volunteers that turned up for this blitz in Burwood! Pre blitz, the design team assembled the first 6...

Blitz 142 in Upwey

As I drove out of the city towards the omnipresent misty Dandenongs last Sunday, I couldn’t help but have the feeling that this was not going to be a run of the mill garden...

Blitz 138 and 140 in Warrandyte

An unusual one plus one blitz plus return out in Warrandyte, after the designers (VEG) and many of the participants expressed a desire at the end of the first day to come back for...

Blitz 139 in Thornbury

Thornbury: A boutique blitz in the Northern suburbs, was an absolute cracker. The host, Sheryl, had quite a bit to say about it all… As the blitz approached, 25 people had booked in after...

Blitz 141 West Brunswick Food Forest

The morning frost melted as the sun poured over the West Brunswick Food Forest, resulting in a spectacularly sunny winter’s day. Volunteers from both the Permablitz network and friends of the Food Forest joined forces in...

Blitz 137: Carnegie

The last blitz of Summer heralded the first chill of Autumn – and occasional breaks due to showers! This day down in the South-Eastern suburbs saw a grassy, run-down and neglected alley… …transformed in...

Permablitz 136 in Eltham

If you thought 10am was an early start on a Sunday – how about 8:30am? This was one day when many blitzers would be happy to get up a bit early; already 28 by...

Blitz 134 North Coburg

After rainy days earlier in the week, the day of the permablitz was a sunny and welcoming one throughout. Most of the crew arrived for the start (10 am on a Sunday!) and got...