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Workshop on growing seedlings and microgreens – the 6th in a series presented by Sustainable Communities SA – Unley Groups 2pm Saturday 29 August 2015 Unley Community Centre, 18 Arthur Street, Unley This workshop is for gardeners who want to grow seedlings – some for summer vegetables and some for eating directly as minigreens. Minigreens… Read more
Growing some of our own food is one way in which we can reduce our ecological footprint but it can be difficult for people with small gardens or even be daunting if you have never grown anything before. Visiting fellow Sustainable Communities SA member Anne Wharton, I was impressed with how much edible food she… Read more
Sustainable Communities SA Unley groups ran a pruning workshop on 21 June 2014. Over 70 people came to hear Steven Hoepfner describe how to prune fruit and nut trees to achieve long-term productivity. Many questions and lots of interest! We are also running a follow-up pruning workshop on 5 July 2014 for those who couldn’t… Read more
At the recent One Planet Market we were treated to a talk by Andrew Skinner. I say ‘treated’ because it is always a delight to hear about how seasoned gardeners have gone about their passion of growing good, fresh, healthy food in the city. Admittedly Andrew and his family have the benefit of a tennis… Read more
by Pauline Muir I’m interested in establishing some perennial vegetables in my garden and I came across kang kong or Chinese watercress, an Asian perennial vegetable, which tastes much like spinach. It is highly nutritious and never gets bitter. What I read on the internet suggests that kang kong will grow just in water with… Read more
By Veronique Vegetables will grow in a relatively small space provided the site receives at least 5 hours of sunlight daily. Here is an example of a small, productive vegetable garden in our backyard. The materials for the two raised beds were salvaged locally. Alf, our neighbour, had the necessary tools, knowledge and skills to… Read more
by Beth Mylius Growth Busters was screened recently at Strathalbyn by the Strathalbyn Community Group. Jo Lewis, facilitator of the Group writes “We had an amazing crowd – people I’d never met before. Most of them left as soon as the film finished but a couple stayed and chatted and indicated that they were interested in… Read more
by Veronique This is number two in a series of posts describing our local community initiatives and activities during Autumn/Winter 2012. We first met on a sunny afternoon in April when a group of neighbours gathered in our driveway for a workshop on container gardening. At the end of that day everyone went home with… Read more
By Veronique Perrin This is the first in a series of posts describing our local community initiatives and activities during Autumn/Winter 2012. Families in our street were contacted and asked if they would be interested in participating in a workshop on container gardening. Contact names and email addresses were exchanged and a convenient date and… Read more
Our One Planet Market is thriving and growing. At the February market the Local Produce Stall had some great developments. Firstly they had some new signs encouraging people to bring the surplus produce from their backyards. There were also seasonal charts for fruit and vegetables produced by SA Health available for people to take. Then there… Read more
2012 will be a new year of development and growth in Sustainable Communities SA. The plans that we are working on for 2012 are the monthly workshops for facilitators and 2 or 3 members of the Community Groups where we will be working on issues of Better Meetings and Supporting each other, Public Outreach, Learning… Read more
by Peter Croft, member of Unley-Parkside SCSA Community Group In late November 2011, Unley Council approved its first Food Security Strategy. The intent of the Strategy is to encourage the growing of food locally.