Mullumbimby Community Garden

16 August 2008 will be the Mullumbimby Community Garden Opening Celebration. Activities taking place between 11am and 5pm. Official proceedings from 1pm (after the Mullum Market). Let everyone know. Bring your your kids, friends, your grandma and your shovel!

Lots of activities – most will be free, some we will do fundraising – by donation – so everyone can join in. Now we will definately need help to pull this all together so any offers of assistance in the preparation and/or on the day would be greatly appreciated.

We also need to borrow the following:

• Fabric -1.5 metres lengths minimum to make flags
• Eskies
• Trestle tables
• Tarps
• Picnic Blankets
• Scones
• Cakes
• Home made Jam
• Lemons for lemonade
• Large Drink Coolers (for Lemonade)
• Volunteers for BBQ & Serving refreshments

Volunteers for supervising -

• kids activities
• sunflower plantings
• Planting herbs
• Planting fruit trees
• Art activities
• creating a compost heap
• membership tent
• collecting donation
• general run abouts

Contact us if you can help with any of this or want to know more: http://mullumcommunitygarden.wordpress.com/contact-us/

It’s time to get creative and help us turn this five acre tabla rasa into a thriving community hub. Give us your ideas about how to grow our food and create community.

This coming wednesday (30 July 08 ) the design and infrastructure pod will meet to discuss the Master Plan for the site. We will walk the site (directions here) at 4:30pm followed by a dinner at 6pm 26 Coolamon Scenic Drive. RVSP to Jeannette with confirmation for dinner.

Well here we are – at last!!!! The council has finally adopted the Management Plan for the Mullumbimby Sporting Fields which includes a 5 acre site for the Mullumbimby Community Garden. YIP YIP YAHOO!!!!

So after 2 years of talking and sharing and visioning its time to go for it. And there’s a lot to get excited about.

Saturday 19th July is the third Saturday of the month and Mullum market day so we will be at the garden from 10am til 3 pm for our monthly Family Day making compost, gardening, working out how to erect a shed, designing a notice board and generally getting the garden moving ahead. Children are welcome. Bring a picnic lunch. Our monthly general meeting will be held in the meeting circle between 1-2pm.

The next item to mark into your calendar is Saturday August 16th 2008 as our Mullumbimby Community Garden Opening Celebration. Details are yet to be finalised but at this stage it will be 10 – 3 as usual with the official opening around 1ish. Various activities are being offered by a wonderful array of singers and performers, bush walks, compost displays, kids activities, food and refreshments. If you can volunteer your services on the day please contact me. Any ideas for activities or even an offer to make thecups of tea on the day would be welcomed. It will be a great day.

By Jeannette Martin, Garden Coordinator