Gardening Updates
Below is a selection of activities and updates from this project.
Saint Columba – Community Garden
St Columba Anglican Church and community Centre in Grey Lynn shares its beautiful facilities and grounds with the community. Since June 2017, St Columba has provided a hot lunch every Friday for people from the local community. Food is donated, supported by volunteers. The free meals are supplemented by Food rescue sources such as Kiwi…
Read MoreWilton Street Community Garden – March 2015
The joy of the end of summer is the abundant crop of figs that the Wilton St. Community Garden has provided. Fat from earlier rains and sweet from the later sunshine, both birds and gardeners have shared in the crop. Likewise the tomatoes benefited from the conditions, added to which our rich nitrate compost…
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Wilton St Community Garden: End of an Era
A very special era has come to an end with the closure of Wilton Street Community Garden. Sarah Guppy who took over coordinating the garden from founder Mandy McMillan writes about why the time has come to close the garden down. For over five years the Wilton Street Community garden transformed a piece of land…
Read MoreIndian Cooking Classes at the Grey Lynn Farmers Market
Great news! Two series of Indian Vegetarian Cooking Classes coming up with two fantastic Indian chefs. Indian Vegetarian Cooking with Varsha Belwalkar The first series of classes will take place in August, with Indian chef Varsha Belwalkar. She will be focusing on quick, easy, healthy meals. Especially for this season are Hot / Warm Tomato…
Read MoreCommunity Gardens News 2013
Freemans Bay community garden working beAs Ponsonby News hits our mailboxes in July the Matariki star cluster is high in the sky and we are half way through a month-long celebration marking the beginning of the new year in Maori culture. Also known as Pleiades or The Seven Sisters, Matariki coincides with the winter solstice…
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Grey Lynn Working Bee : February 2013
The Grey Lynn shops are looking cleaner, feeling loved and cared for..thank you. Our next working bee is this Sunday, 3rd Feb, 10am – 12pm Meet outside The Works Hair Salon, 142 Williamson Ave, Grey Lynn. Bring garden tools and gloves. Make new friends and connect with other like-minded people. Light refreshments will be provided…
Read MoreGrey Lynn Community Garden
Grey Lynn Community Gardens are hidden in the grounds of St Columba Church behind the community centre. We are a small, co-operative group of dedicated gardeners with an emphasis on edibles. The gardens are wholly organic with no artificial sprays or fertilisers used. We compost, have worm farms and seed save from season to season. Excess produce is given to the…
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Zero Waste cooking class
Learn how to reduce your food waste with 2011 & 2012 Chef of the Year David Schofield this Sunday at the Grey Lynn Farmers Market. David’s class will show you how to turn the food we normally guiltily throw away into delicious dishes – you win as you are saving money and the environment wins…
Read MoreGarden thug smoothering the garden
Hello Neighbour — did you know your garden is about to be smothered by the garden thug pictured? Araujia sericifera is commonly known as Moth Vine, kapok vine, and wild choko vine and is a fast-growing garden pest. It can also harm butterflies – including Monarchs – when their feeding parts become gummed up with…
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