[MonashCommunityGarden] garden projects and things to do

[Tim Scott]

Hi everyone, let me (Tim) know which of these things you're interested in
working on.  Please also CC to we.eat.monash at gmail.com so we have a record
of who's doing/done what, and who to contact about doing things again, etc.
This is instead of emailing direct to the eList, as the number of emails
being sent thru the list is getting a little outta hand!

MPG next meeting (info below)

And extra stuff...
• Who's going to prepare the plan for this Thursday?
Planning to  - speak to Cassie or Clare to help organise this!
∘ skillshare
∘ stuff to do in the garden
• Jono's happy to give permission for people to skip 2nd year soils and do
3rd year (AWESOME unit!)
• Who wants to organise a weekend excursion?
• Who has films we could watch in the coupla hrs before next FFM?
• Skillz n things
∘ B's book/course
∘ podcasts
• Who wants to compile a list of books to get into John Medley Library to
send to lauren.odwyer at adm.monash.edu.au?

Meeting: what time tues?
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY!!!
∘ & weekly bushfoods lesson(?)
• Proposal: Wormie bins are wheelie bins, let's use that fact to reduce the
number of unnecessary trips b/w wholefoods & the garden
∘ feed the bins on the balcony, alternate bins on alternate days
‣ should we name/number the bins?
∘ bring the fullest one down once a week & the garden one back up
• Fruit trees!!!
• Arbor
• Water tank
• More propagation from seed
∘ plant what where?
∘
• Worm farm
• Herb spiral - planting
• Junk to bld56
∘ contact
• Documentation
∘ Who wants to work on the Management Plan?
∘ Who wants to compile a history of the garden to date?
• Wishlist - how do we currently catalogue our crazy dreams, and how can we
better make them happen, E.G.
∘ Tool sharpening workshop
∘ cultivating community
∘ seed savers
∘ permablitz
∘ seed bomb
∘ permaculture melbourne
∘ bushfoods


Resources: www.communitygarden.org.au/ - basic infrastructure

Shed
• ACTION: _________ to contact New Horizons
• Who's going to take it on?

Sign
• Proposed designs
∘ Metal/wood w glass cabinet w cork board w digiprint 'MPG' or engraved &
plaques for sponsors
∘ Magnetic whiteboard w digiprint 'MPG' & sponsors
• Do we want the 'garden story' to be printed on the sign, or do we want to
pin it on?
• Do we want the
• Who's going to take it on?

Greenhouse
• Who's going to take it on?


Website
• Contact person (we.eat.monash at gmail.com?)
• Garden elements - who wants to put photos, info & resources up for one of
these?
∘ herb spiral
∘ pond
∘ compost & worm farm (could be separate)
∘ salad bar
∘ seeding station
∘ [water tank]
∘ [pergola/gazebo]
∘ [mushroom log?]
∘ [arbor]
∘ [espaliered fence?]
∘ Trees
∘ Paths
∘ current shed - keeps hay bales off ground = dry, base for seeding station,
protects tools!
∘ annual beds
∘ perrenial herb bed

-- 
Tim Scott
timscott97 at gmail.com
0411 345 983
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