CELEBRATING 15 years  - planted 2009

what's happening in the garden - news & events

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Autumn is fading, temperatures are falling, rain is on & off...  so plants
have been taking a pounding, with new growth in spurts and changes in climate signals creating confusion.  Time to keep onto weeding, mulching, fertilizing, harvesting / tidying up.  Teams have been busy planting new crops into Team Plots and growth of those winter vitals is well underway, See our calendar of events coming up throughout the 2024 year below.  And tap our knowledge bank to inform your next planting by seeing our proven  "planting guides"and maintenance tips, Click here to visit our  "How to' section and specifics for May as the days rapidly shorten and temperatures drop.  Keep your soil quality high with continuous composting.  If you haven't visited the resources and planting tips on this site take a walk through  May & June guides now in our "How to" section..  Regular visits to our fountain of growing knowledge can really get you some delicious results.

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OUR Garden Meeting held in November celebrated our 2023 CHRISTMAS PARTY... with themes echoing the letter "H' in our Fancy-dress journey... Hippies and Hawaiins were among the colourful characters this year for this "peace man" gardening community get together.  As usual there was a HUGELY generous spread of delicious foods and liquids enjoyed.  Next year is
the "Year of i " so get thinking you, I mean i-something.

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ASPIRING new Gardeners? ...finally we are now open 

with limited places for new MEMBERS. Now in our
15th year demand to join our band of over 53 gardeners
outstripped the plots available during and post-COVID
era.  We know many have been waiting to join and

can announce that 'Expressions of Interest' can now
proceed.  Get started at the green JOIN button in the left
column of this page Green fingers crossed!

Top TIPS...  a number of our gardeners have shared
their experiences and insights with a series of short
workshop at our monthly meetings.  Here's 2 to enjoy;
Rob shares his hard learned lessons on successfully 
growing tomatoes (there's also a link to a segment
on ABC's Gardening Australia for even more tips from
Tino in Tasmania). . . and Djo gives us a unique

perspective on lunar planting... moon fans click here.

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My Garden Rules!'... recipes from the gardeners. The organic produce that grows in our community garden goes into delicious healthy meals... our talented gardeners share some of their favourite veggie recipes right here.  

Sample David's 'Healthy Veggie Balls"... if you have lots of Silverbeet, or other spinach, and you'd like to do something different here's a way to make some great comfort food, inspired by the Italians, or maybe the Spanish in David's case.  Based on Strangolapreti alla Trentina here's the link...

Or... enjoy Djo's 'Ratatoueille a la Francias' recipe... eggplants are easy to enjoy warm with meats, salads, BBQed, and so delish!  Visit our recipes page (just below "Gallery" in the top banner) and start enjoying your Aubergine harvest more.

events coming up

NEXT Garden Meeting will be on Sunday MAY 26th starting at 3pm. 
Join us in the pergola for an update and sharing of growing ideas at the meeting.   There will be a delicious Harvest Meal bought to you by Team A

of Pesto Rice, Apple & Lettuce Curry soup with crusty bread and more after the meeting.... see you there for a winter warmer, or two!

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QUICK CALENDAR of 2024 EVENTS planned in the GARDEN for your diary

March 24 -  Plant out day for new team crops

May 26 -  Communal Working Bee to spruce up the garden

July 28 -  Another Working Bee to ready for deep winter

September 22 -  Team Plant Out Day for Spring crops

November 24 -  Christmas Party time already... "i" theme

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10 years of GROWTH celebrated... in October 2019 (pre-COVID era) 60 of

our gardeners and friends sat down around a very long table down the centre
of our lush garden to celebrate the first decade of the Paddington Community Garden over a "Big Fat Greek Lunch".  Lots of hard work, inspiring leadership and friendship have gone into making this a successful community space.  As usual the teams of volunteers put together something special to mark this milestone.  Champagne in the pergola to start, classic entrees of Dolmades, Tzatziki & bread, followed by oodles of BBQ Lamb and Rosemary, roast chickens, salads extraordinaire, honeyed sweets and a few glasses of cold liquids, resulting in that very full feeling...  satisfaction that we have celebrated well.

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Garden members celebrate our 10 Years of Growth

over our 'Big Greek Lunch'  full tummies and lots of smiles