In 2012, MINTI’s regular Food Swaps encouraged us to plan and build an Urban Food Forest next to the FSNLC Community Garden. Joanne Nataprawira, a recent Permaculture Design graduate, and now part of The Desert Echo, had the brilliant idea of combining the garden with a walk-through education experience. Jo’s plan was to use graphic images to show * where in … Read More
Building a Community Garden
In June 2018, a Permablitz event rebuilt the Farnham Street Community Garden. The full description of the first day ( by Helene Fox ) is here. Please read it, and also explore more of the Permablitz activities. Background : The original Community Garden was looking tired. It had been built by the Farnham Street Neighbourhood Learning Centre, maintained by their … Read More
BeesWax wraps
beeswax wraps
Past events
These are some of the events we have organised or promoted since 2015. Transition Banyule Building resilient, thriving communities in the Banyule area of Melbourne in response to climate change Transition to a Safe Climate Conference A big thank you to everyone who took part in this wonderful workshop. Plenty of discussions and heaps of ideas for how Banyule can improve! … Read More