Month: December 2015

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Here’s the tomatoes and rucola we planted last week, enjoying the sunĀ 

Ok everyone, welcome to the newly formed Jubilee Park Community Gardens (JPCG)

 

Ross from the PUG Ā Mens ShedĀ and myself (Diego) met today to officially launch theĀ gardens.
Below a run down of what we discussed for all to see.

We would like to acknowledge the support of the City of Sydney with a Matching Grant.

Meeting minutes:

  • The committee launch the JPCG
  • The committee review and accept the contract from the City of Sydney (CoS) Matching Grant
  • Big Fag Press to accept, sign the contract and return to Cos with invoice for $5000
  • The committee review and accept membership of (JPCG)Ā 
  • The committee review and accept schedule
  • The committee review and accept website Ā jubileegardensblog.wordpress.com
  • The committee review and suggests edit on Blog title (Jubilee Park Community Gardens) (Diego)
  • The committee review and accept the aboutĀ page of blog
  • The committee to get in contact with neighbouring Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery for possible involvement (Ross)
  • End of meeting

Next Meeting Tuesday January 19 at the Gardens.

Below some images of where the gardens is at. At this stage we are building the boxes in February/March 2016, join us!

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Green amarnth and purslane, two common weeds rescued from the mulch to be placed in the garden> EDIBLE WEEDS!!
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Borrage reading itself to flower. Bees will love this addition to the gardens

 

The first post, the first planting

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Yay, we have been granted the grant from the City of Sydney (thank you thank you) and that means we are now official!
No more sneaking in styrofoam boxes full of dirt, and guerrilla planting of tomato bushes, we can now plan for a proper set up.

Below the first recount of our very first action: new garden, new seedlings.
While we wait for the boxes to be fabricated we might just as well get in a crop of tomatoes, rocket, chilly and parsley, and here’s how we did it>