GARDEN, IT FEEDS MORE THAN A TABLE, IT FEEDS A SOUL
Volunteers together cooking produce from the resilience garden program
WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE GARDEN, 2023
It all started 10 years ago and what began as a few small gardens is now a garden that utilises every nook and cranny of the property, producing an array of fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs to supplement the Emergency Relief & Community Kitchen/Lunch programs as well as an opportunity for community to be involved in the development and ongoing maintenance of the gardens.
In the past the project has been jointly funded under the Commonwealth/State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements 2018.This funding provided a segue from the Work for the Dole Programme to the Community Resilience Garden Project. The program for 2023 involves participants who volunteer their time, there is no mutual obligation to attend. It’s about developing skills to be resilient gardeners, learning about soil health, composting , worm farms and growing produce that is suitable to our climate and location. Participants also get to learn about how to cook with those ingredients, preserving foods, jarring stewing and pickling. .
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Introducing Janina ‘Nina Doulidis’ garden facilitator
A welcome from Janina
Hello Garden gurus and Douglas Shire green tribe. I am Janina, or “ Nina” for short and I have joined the Mossman Community Centre family as their new garden supervisor.
Originally from Germany, I have lived in beautiful Far North Queensland for over 10 years now.
Nature is exceptionally beautiful up here.
If I’m not working in my own veggie garden at home, I love being outdoors with my two young kids, may it be wandering along the beautiful beaches up here or enjoying a dip in one of many amazing creeks with stunning backdrops of rainforest.
I love doing everything creative & arty, especially upcycling old furniture.
The nursery is full of little seedlings, so a fantastic year of great harvest is ahead of us along with some exciting workshops.
Keep your eyes open for our new program and I look forward to meeting you all soon at our open day.
‘Feeding the Future – Connecting to Place’
the Community Resilience Garden Vision for 2023
The vision for the Community Resilience Garden for 2023, is to build and expand on our existing green spaces in a transformative way:
· Evolving the ornamental gardens into edible ones and tripling the size of our productive gardens;
· Enhancing our connection to place by incorporating native bush tucker, medicine plants and bilingual signage throughout the gardens;
· Delivering programs that holistically support the diverse needs of our clients and community;
· Supporting and supplementing the food programs operating via the Centre.
· Beautifying and enlivening the Centre’s garden and community gathering spaces for the enjoyment of our community.
· Unifying our Centre’s suite of programs and services within ‘a whole of site’ landscape design plan.
Our Programs:
Our Community Resilience Garden programs are suitable for everyone and our workshop hours and new schedule will be available in the coming weeks. WATCH this space.
It is a requirement that all attendees complete a site induction session to introduce them to the site, operational requirements, tools and community gardener responsibilities prior to joining us.
Sign up now for our 2023 Garden Resilience Program
