Bundaberg Community Garden Committee Meeting

Tonight a number of SustainaBundy members were once again seen suspiciously hanging around the School of Arts building- this time, for the November BCGC Meeting.
It was my first meeting, and it seems the committee has gone through a lot of planning and negotiating for their goal of creating Bundaberg's first food garden accessible to the general public. Their dedication may soon pay off. The issues have been identified: the need to form a sustainable partnership with an incorporated entity; and to obtain an appropriate site for the garden, and it looks like solutions are available for both.

Attendees also discussed the desire to see schools involved in the project, and the Gin Gin School was mentioned as a successful example we can learn from.

A lot of existing groups are working towards a common goal and an important part of our work is in supporting them to continue their great work, to energise and encourage the people involved! Go SB, go! (cue superhero music!)

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tamarakelly's picture

Re: Bundaberg Community Garden Committee Meeting

Have you contacted Colin Austin yet? He is is very approachable. Actually I'm seeing him on Monday if that would be of some assistance.

Tam

dino's picture

Re: Bundaberg Community Garden Committee Meeting

Nice post Jacqui - good to see some more familiar faces at these
meetings. And thanks Tamara - I did actually contact Colin today. There
was a string of fortuitous incidents which led me to send him a quick
email and he was interested to set up something soon.

By all means if you are seeing him on Monday put in a good word for SB.
I am hoping to get out that way in the next couple of weeks to get some
worm castings too so a follow up would be good as well. We would
definitely like to have a sit down chat with him as he indicated he is
in Bundy one day a week. Lot's of options.

One of the great things I feel is that everyone involved can take on
some of the networking and follow it through. Encourage people to sign
up to the website to keep in touch with all the other things going on.
Blog back on the site so every gets to hear about it.

Dean

tamarakelly's picture

Re: Bundaberg Community Garden Committee Meeting

If you come out here please feel free to drop in :-)
 
Tam