The TTV community nursery (interim name) has been established to complement the activities of the nearby Britannia community food forest and to provide a home for some of the activities of the My Healthy Soils project. It’s location next to the Tools n Things library and near the community food forest also brings the concept of a community circularity hub closer to realisation.

Objectives include to provide a place:

• Where we can experiment and trial a locally regenerative approach to converting sand to soil
• Trial the use of biochar and other organics for growing seedlings and other plants
• Provide a place where community members can grow seedlings and swap seeds and knowledge
• Provide a place for community outreach events including those related to biochar making, worm farming and compost making

On the first busy bee on 9th September 2024 the following activities were undertaken:

• The cage was cleaned out and re-organised.
• Existing shade cloth was fixed properly to the cage.
• Some temporary work benches using old pallets were put into place.
• Existing shelves were filled with seedlings and other materials.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the second busy bee on 14th September the following activites were undertaken:

• A new workbench was constructed from other existing white ant free pallets.
• Seeds were sown in the planting trays.
• Existing seedlings were watered.
• Some seedlings were transplanted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact:

ian.kininmonth@ttv.org.au

M: 0401 521 895