Crowd
Harvest – Seed Banks for Christmas
Wow!! What a fantastic response! Thousands of seeds came in from all over the
State J. On hearing the Queen’s Christmas speech, it
really does apply to the efforts here – A quote: 'Not all
of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love’. Mother
Teresa 'The cumulative impact of thousands of small acts of goodness can be
bigger than we imagine'. Queen Elizabeth II - Christmas 2016. Thank you to the people who have sent small packets of seeds to those in
need, as the cumulative effect is that there are thousands of seeds now in the
hands of those in most need, and as heirlooms will feed folks for many years to
come! Here are a few more photos building on those that were
published in December.
A Large
gift from Christine to the ASRC Food Bank.....thank you!
A generous hand crafted gift from Barbies backyard!
A huge gift from Diggers to the
Preston DIVRS.
NFPs supporting, enabling and empowering those
in need to adopt self sustaining food gardening practices are looking to
establish Seed Banks. By a central body establishing a seed bank, people facing
difficult circumstances can access the seeds and establish food gardens. Crowd Harvest - Seed Banks
has been a great success due to the many generous people who have provided a
small gift. 100 small gifts becomes thousands of seeds. Such
efforts can happen all year round, and can happen for any NFP with a horticulturalist
around. TT will run the campaign again next Christmas, so please save your
excess seeds all year round ready for next year! If you feel inclined, you can
just post the seeds as you collect at any time. Should you want to approach a
local NFP and make them a part of this campaign, please make calls, and then TT
can list them for 2017! Thanks everyone!
DIVRS &
Darebin Fruit Squad
Urban Food Program
285 High Street
Preston 3072
http://www.divrs.org.au/#divrs
http://www.darebinfruitsquad.org/
FOOD FOREST
ASHBURTON GROUP
C/O The Craig Family Centre
7 Samarinda Avenue
Ashburton 3147
https://foodforestashy.wordpress.com/
STREAT
Tastes Good. Does Good.
66 Cromwell Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066
www.streat.com.au
www.facebook.com/streat.melbourne www.twitter.com/streatmelbourne
STREAT is a social enterprise designed to assist
homeless youth in Melbourne.
ASYLUM
SEEKERS RESOURCE CENTRE FOODBANK
c/o Tiny Trowel
P.O. Box 4076
Box Hill South 3128
Crowd
Harvest – Herbs for the Holidays
Many
home gardeners find their herb plants outgrow their pots/land in the summer
time and usually split the plant to share with their family and friends.
What
if the split plants went towards Food bank outlets?
What
if lots of gardeners each brought 1 or 2 herb plants each to distribute to food
bank 'clients'? Each of the Food Bank 'clients' would then have an
ongoing self-sustaining way of enhancing their own nourishment.
Sophie
from Gardening Australia shows how it is done in this engaging video: http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s4570418.htm
Perhaps you could phone or email your local
food relief outlet and see if they would be open to receiving such donations.
TT would be happy to list the address and let folks know of the campaign.
Greening
The Mall – JAN 21
In Conjunction with
PERMABLITZ MELBOURNE
FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE
https://www.facebook.com/events/1793256930939195/
Greening the Mall is a project run by
Whitehorse Council. Wicking bed installations with edibles is a major feature.
Dan Ong is a major community organiser and contact for this one - so a big
shout out to Dan! The event starts at
10 am so please get involved and share widely!
Moonlight Cinema with local entertainment will follow to celebrate the
day’s efforts. Join the community for a
movie night under the stars, plus a showcase of local musical talent.
21 January @ 6 pm. Lawn of Box
Hill Town Hall, 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box
Hill VIC 3128.
More Details: Adding beds to this currently
underused space will help promote local community and spread awareness of ways
to grow and share local food.
Greening The Mall represents a worthy goal
for advocates of urban food growing. Box Hill is one of the leading areas of
urban development in Melbourne. Apart from beautification, the project is an
opportunity to demonstrate the practicality and benefit of green urban space
that helps to bridge the disconnection between people and their food sources.
This is to be the first such project in
Box Hill, with similar initiatives to be rolled
out in local community centres – including verge plantings! Definitely looking
forward to that!!
Tasks for the day:
Building 6 wicking beds
Planting them out!
Basking in the awesomeness of the wicking beds
Workshops:
How to make a wicking bed
Propogation
Companion Planting
Things to bring:
Sunscreen and a hat (you’ve gotta be sun-smart!)
Trowels
Gardening gloves
Shovels and wheelbarrows for bonus points
Being Box Hill, there is a crazy amount of public
transport that can deliver you within 50metres of the site of the blitz.
Parking is also available.
To get in on the action just fill in the form here: http://www.permablitz.net/events/permablitz-195-box-hill-greening-mall/
This event is also supported by:
The Neighbourhood Project Box Hill
Very Edible Gardens - Wicking Beds
Local Harvest
Whitehorse Urban Harvest
Local Food Connect
3000 Acres
Fare Share
Cultivating Community
Youth Food Movement Australia
Leaf, Root and Fruit
Tiny Trowel
Neighbourhood Houses
Permaculture Victoria
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