Eat my Garden had a great start to spring in September.
There were two community events, one of which involved the construction of a new Eat My Garden bed. In all we installed three more garden beds this month, which is wonderful!
That brings the total to 10 Eat My Garden beds for people to enjoy!
Our first community event was Spring into Fun, held on Sunday 20 September.
We had lovely day outside enjoying sensational spring weather as we planted our new garden bed and enjoyed a sausage sizzle, salads provided by our community members, games and Origami.
The winner of our first ‘Salad competition’ was 10-year-old Anisa!
Anisa picked parsley from the herb garden on the day and made a tabbouleh that was full of flavour and colour.
She also drew a beautiful poster for the event ☺ Thank you, Anisa for all your hard work.
The second place was awarded to Takeshi Oda who made Japanese white radish salad with two different dressings – Yuzu & Shoyu dressing and Onion dressing.
The prize is a beautiful chopping board donated by Werribee Men’s Shed. Thank you very much!
Special thanks also to Point Cook Community and Learning Centre, Werribee Environmental Community Park Inc, Weaving – The Loom Room – Williamstown, Werribee Men’s Shed, Western Melbourne Catchment Network, and all the volunteers and the neighbours!
Our second event was the Nature Strip Planting on 27th of September. The location was delightful, alongside wetlands, perfect for learning about both natural environment and nature strip planting.
Because Eat My Garden is not just for gardening, it is also for creating sustainable society by
sharing, caring natural environment and developing sense of community the event commenced with a sustainability educator, Bob Winter’s ‘Walk and Talk’ along the wetland.
We learnt a lot about the local Point Cook environment from the experience of taking a walk amongst the local environment.
For the second part, a landscape architect, Arki introduced the concepts of unique and successful nature strip uses in other areas of Melbourne. Following this we constructed a new Eat My Garden bed on the nature strip with Arki’s instruction and help.
Thank you to Kim Nguyen who filmed the session for us. Many thanks also to Bruce for his photography skills and Cakebread Catering for the healthy refreshments!
Thank you very much for Bob and Arki for the enjoyable and informative session.
Keep an eye on our Facebook page or the website for upcoming events and let us know if you would like to get involved or plant an eat My Garden bed on your nature strip.
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