CELEBRATING 13 years  - planted 2009

what's happening in the garden - news & events

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Autumn has accelerated as the rain cycle continues and the strong winds buffet the coast ... keep composting and time to plant for cooler days ahead with less sun and shorter days..  Keep the mulch up to keep the soil warmer.  The change of season brings new growing opportunities.  See our proven  "planting guides" and maintenance tips in our click here "How to' section for May as our climate changes seasonally and maybe globally.  Keep your garden productive by regular visits to ensure delicious results with these tips.

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Our President Rob recognised with an award...

Woollahra Council awarded Rob Joyner their 2020
'Contribution to the Natural Environment' Award

in recognition of his dynamic and constant energy

as a founding member in 2009 and a very involved

President and contributor to our garden. 

"Rob has led the Paddington Community Garden for

several years and from it's beginnings drove the

construction team which installed raised garden beds,

built a rotunda and pergolas, installed water tanks and composting tumblers and facilitated many other projects that have seen the garden develop into
the wonderful community asset it is today.  Rob's commitment  to preserving the local natural environment influences all the practices adopted in the garden relatingb to organic gardening, recycling green waste and watering wisely.  Congratulations Rob!  Thanks for all your hard work and effort over many years."

the council said in it's award press statement.

In February & April the gardeners got together for

several Working Bees ...much was achieved, with more

weeding and preparation for cooler months .  Thanks

for the big roll-up to keep our garden looking good and

productive.

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New Gardeners? ... long wait unfortunately.  DUE to

popular demand  APPLICATIONS will not be taken this year and will RE_OPEN on June 1st, 2023.  Now in our 13th year demand to join our band
of over 53 gardeners has been growing each year so we had a pause our intake over COVID-19-Delta-Omicron era.  We are sorry to those waiting to join our garden. 'Expressions of Interest'  to join can be completed in June 2023...
so pop a note in your diary to visit our website and down load the form
next May 2023.

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.

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

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NEXT Garden Meeting is planned for Sunday May 21 to start at 3pm...
see you there to catch up There will be a communal harvest meal after the meeting.

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PS.     Our Pizza oven turned 1 this April... we celebrated our 'Return from COVID Lockdown-1' last April with the launch of our new wood fired pizza oven built by talented garden members.  See some photos adjacent from last months Yummmmm! Harvest Meal courtesy of our Pizza Team!

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Garden members celebrate our 10 Years of Growth

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