Wilton St Garden Group
Wilton 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…
Read MoreWilton Street Community Garden – Come Garden!
Our devoted team of gardens, who meet most Sundays are looking for new willing people to join in the community spirit of working, planting, planning and eating the goodness from this wonderful small garden in central Grey Lynn. If you are interested please join us next Sunday, or email goldensguppy@gmail.com
Read MoreWilton Street Community Garden thank you to the founders
We wish Wilton Street Community Garden founders Mandy McMullin and Dave Gilbert the best of luck in there move to the new orchard (and home)in the garden of Eden. Your constant passion has given birth to a flourishing haven for bird,bee and community in Wilton Street and beyond. From humble beginings of a jungle infested…
Read MoreNew Community Composting Facility
The Wilton Street Community Garden recently completed construction of our new Community Composting Facility. Located in the garden at the top of Wilton Street, the facility consists of three large wooden bins designed to turn local organic waste into usable garden compost. The bins are easily accessible and designed to be user friendly. Now we…
Read MoreWilton St Community Garden Fence is Finished!
The Wilton St Community Garden Fence is now completed and it looks stunning! A fence was badly needed for the community garden as people were still parking on the land. The garden is immediately behind the Gypsy Tea Rooms so on a busy night some vacant land looked tempting. Also the land had become a…
Read MoreWilton St Community Garden Feb 2019
We are lucky to now have threee community gardens in Grey Lynn. The “experts” next to St Columba Church and Kelmarna Garden who have years of experience and flourishing gardens. We also now have a new garden on Wilton Street directly behind the Gypsy Tearoom and the Wine Vvault. Both the owners of the plots…
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