Bellingen Seed Savers presents seeds and plants at a stall at the Bellingen Autumn Plant Fair. Locally adapted edible plants and seeds for sale. Perfect timing for your winter vegie gardening. And the famous Seed Saver raffle. We can almost guarantee the prize will contain something edible you’ve never laid eyes on before!
Come on down. Market Park in Bellingen on Saturday September 9th. 8am – 2pm but get there early. The plants sell quick!
NewsletterDon Workshop / Learning Event
In airconditioned comfort:
Open Q & A forum for your gardening questions.
Jeff will give us a run through of the basics of seed saving.
Seed packing is later in Feb in preparation for the Autumn Plant Fair.
NewsletterDon Workshop / Learning Event
Well known garden writer Phil Dudman (ABC Organic Magazine) will to talk to us at 1.30PM on Saturday, December 16.
UPDATED – Shared lunch from noon. Presentation from 1.30pm.
Topic: Presenting a class on:
Pruning and propagating popular fruit trees for our part of the world
There will be time for general questions as well.
Where: At John and Carol’s Fernmount Food Forest.
Cost – $5.00 for BSS members, $10 for people new to BSS – please bring cash on the day.
Book now:
Leela O’Callaghan / gardenvisits@bellingenseedsavers.com or phone 0417 536 490
If we have vacancies we will invite non-members so please book early.
Gillian warmly invites you to lunch followed by a brainstorming tour of her garden at Fernmount.
“The focus of this garden is on the panoramic view, fruit & vegetables for domestic use, and keeping the rest as low maintenance and bird friendly as possible.
There’s approximately five acres of sloping land with a number of different soil types and microclimates. This young garden is typical of many in the area and represents an exciting clean slate.
Over the last three years we concentrated on the basics – removing lantana, retaining large native trees, and clearing shrub close to the house. Young fruit trees have been planted, a wallaby proof vegetable patch created, and a dam culvert installed.
There are many more projects to go but I’m not in a hurry. Please come along and share your gardening ideas for the following focus areas:
Gillian
Please bring sturdy enclosed walking shoes, a water bottle, and a plate to share for lunch at the beginning of the gathering
Nick says, “The first garden is 20 years old with permaculture planning on a flat, alluvial site. It includes an owner built passive solar house, vegies, fruit trees, clumping bamboo and rainforest restoration. The other garden is 6 years old, on a hilltop close by but very different – more windy, drier and with poorer soil. Climate change is making things tougher still, so I’ve learnt a lot about water conservation and regenerative gardening.
The littoral rainforest in nearby Bongil Bongil National Park plays a big influence in my gardening approach. I will be walking there in the morning, leaving the house at 9.30 a.m. sharp. Anyone is welcome to join in if they can walk 5km at moderate pace.”
Please bring a plate to share for lunch at the beginning of the gathering.
NewsletterDon Plant Fair, Seed Packing
The seeds have been prepared and packed into bags, now they need to be put into packets and labelled. Jeff has been super-busy preparing labels for us. All we need to do is turn up spend an hour or so putting bagged seeds into packets and sticking labels on. Lots of time for munchies and chatting.
Bellingen Seed Savers presents seeds and plants at a stall at the Bellingen Spring Plant Fair THIS WEEKEND!
Bellingen Seed Savers presents seeds and plants at a stall at the Bellingen Spring Plant Fair. Locally adapted edible plants and seeds for sale. And the famous Seed Saver raffle. We can almost guarantee the prize will contain something edible you’ve never laid eyes on before!
Come on down. Market Park in Bellingen on Saturday September 9th. 8am – 1pm but get there early. The plants sell quick!
There will also be presentations on easy to grow spinach substitutes for the local climate, and how to fold newspaper pots for your seedlings.
NewsletterDon Open Gardens, Plant Fair, Seed Packing
Bellingen Seed Savers presents seeds and plants at a stall at the Bellingen Spring Plant Fair. We gather to pack seeds and share an afternoon tea and plant knowledge. Nell’s garden is just west of Bellingen.
Bring donations of saved dried seeds for packing.
Bring donations of seedlings for potting up.
The weekend of July 22 & 23 we are having a group tour of 3 gardens in the Nimbin & Mullumbimby areas. You are welcome to join us.
Saturday morning we car pool to Nimbin and tour permaculture food forest Djanbung Gardens along with some of our northern rivers seed savers cousins.
Saturday night accommodation will be at Granny’s Farm Nimbin where we can make use of the communal kitchen and enjoy a shared/communal meal together on Saturday night. PLEASE BOOK YOUR ACCOMMODATION DIRECTLY WITH GRANNY’S FARM. Prices range from $15 – $90. Call 6689 1333 to book.
Sunday we head to the Mullumbimby area where we visit Rasa Dover’s garden in Goonengerry – coordinator of Byron Hinterland Seed Savers. This is about a 1 hour drive from Djanbung Gardens. We could also fit in a visit to Joel Orchard’s Community Garden at Mullumbimby, about 30min drive from Rasa’s garden.
Sunday evening drive home.
Participants will need to pay for car-pooling petrol, food and accommodation.
Garden visit fees will be covered by Bellingen Seed Savers.
Please arrive at midday. A little garden tour will commence at 12.30
There will be a small ritual to honour Gaia and the winter solstice. You are welcome to join David in sacrificing your summer hat. Please bring something to throw into the fire to let go of, even just a piece of paper with something written on it.