Tagged: wicking beds

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...

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 130 in North Coburg

The morning was cloudy and pleasantly cool; the soil and compost piles spread between house and fence. Camellias dropped their last flowers with the rustle of wattle birds on their branches, as the worms...

Blitz 128 in Preston

On a chilly winter’s day a large group of keen folk joined Preston renters Theo, Roger, Alex, Crystal and Tristan in their garden. With an understanding landlord giving them the go ahead to do...

Blitz 127 in West Footscray

The day went really well. We had over 20 enthusiastic Blitzers ranging from first-timers to seasoned veterans. Mara from POW did sterling work as uber-facilitator and others rose to the task for various projects....

Blitz 114 – Flemington

Jo and Dylan live in a Victorian share house in Flemington, owned by Dylan’s mum, Anne. Since undertaking a Permaculture Design Certificate at Ceres they had established a functional permaculture garden. This included chooks,...

Blitz 113 – Blitzing Inverloch

Naomi Tew sends us this report from Inverloch in South Gipplsand where they blitzed a primary school garden on the weekend, as part of the Bass Coast Good Living Festival: An inspiring and beautiful...

Blitz 110 in Elwood

Seila and Keith designed and facilitated a great blitz in Elwood at Jane and Claes’s house on the weekend. Jane writes: “I am still shocked and emotional at the people and their efforts to...