This beautiful and productive food forest was established in the early 1990’s by local residents and is now managed by volunteers from Moreland Community Gardening. We’ve held working bees and perma-parties here before (2017, 2014 and 2013) and they’re always a very productive riot.
In this suburban pocket of Brunswick West you can see the Permablitz catchphrase “eating the suburb—one backyard at a time” in action. There are three front yards in a row, all full of flourishing green edibles.
Sheh-Mae has a yard full of edible, medicinal, native and interesting plants, and learned so much about growing and nurturing them, as welll as attracting beneficial insects.
Brett & Mel’s garden has evolved into a sensory delight since their blitz two years ago, with fruit, berries, ground covers and chickens complementing each other to create a truly wonderful garden space
We learned about planting, composting and pruning, made new friends and even grew a greater understanding in what is involved in establishing a food forest!
Noura and Barry are a young couple in a new suburban house on about 1300 m2, with a sloping backyard with a bit of couch and oxalis, and an old shed but not much else. A blank canvas ready for some serious plantings!
The West Brunswick Food Forest blitz was lots of fun for people of all ages – and everyone was keen to learn new skills, make new friends and care for the community food forest.
On a day that had forecast heavy rains, the sun shined over Jeremy and Bianca’s home in Hampton Park, ready for a day of transformative action!
One of the great things about Linda and her family, is they’ve incorporated so many permaculture-ry practices into their life prior to the blitz
The weather was perfect on this January Sunday afternoon in Surrey Hills, cloudy and not too hot. We joined Melissa and her small family to transform her garden into a place that she always...
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Caring for the Soul ~ Gardening Meditation
July 20, 2019 10:00 am - 11:30 am
2019 Permaculture Design Course with Pete the Permie
July 25, 2019 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Regenerating Place: Whole-Systems Design and Planning with Joel Glanzberg
July 27, 2019 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Meet the Chooks, Grafting & Pruning demos, Hot Potatoes & Drinks
July 27, 2019 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Native Edibles; Walk, Talk, Taste
July 27, 2019 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
