The Garden grows a vast arrange of organic fruit, vegetable and herbs
Open to all members of the community
Open to all members of the community
Volunteers can assist with garden design, planning, planting, watering, pruning, organic composting and general garden maintenance. Pop by and visit the garden, the chickens (who love gifts of green leaves) and meet our team of dedicated green thumb members who love to meet and share the wonderful garden with you.
Membership entitles full access to the garden and all programs and activities in the Community House.
Membership entitles full access to the garden and all programs and activities in the Community House.
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Holistic Gardening & Sustainable Courses
4 to 6 week courses run throughout the year. $160 - $180 Each workshop is 2.5-hours long and as noted in specific event. Facilitator: Deb is an environment educator, ecopsychologist, permaculture and landscape designer. She is passionate about living sustainability as we connect and care for self, community and our natural environment.
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Gardening from Scratch
Gardening basics of growing edible foods: Propagation methods, design elements, compost and worm farms, and troubleshooting your specific personal gardening challenges.
Gardening from Scratch is a 4 or 6 week course for beginners. We blend basic theory, discussion and onsite practical hands-on exercises. At the end of the course, participants will have met new people, learned new gardening skills and gained confidence to grow seasonal edible plants. Extension resources and activities are provided to enable gardeners to extend their knowledge and understanding. Participants will have opportunities to visit and work in the CSCH community garden to see some of these methods in a thriving community garden.
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Sustainable Gardening
Workshops include discussion and sustainable gardening principles, waste reduction and the soil food web, considerations for a changing climate, food security and weed foraging, designing for biodiversity, seed sowing, saving, sharing and swapping.
This course is for gardeners interested in delving deeper into the systems within nature and simple actions and behaviour changes to create a more sustainable garden environment. Extension resources and activities are provided to enable gardeners to extend their knowledge and understanding of actions, principles and methods they can ripple actions into their sphere of influence.
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Garden for Wellbeing
These sessions will educate people to connect with nature and plants, introduce 'Therapeutic Wellness' to everyday lives and help us understand the enjoyment of physical, mental and social benefits of gardening and nature connections.
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