January 1, 2021

Garden Visit to Mary’s garden in Emerald Beach

Mary’s Emerald Beach garden has been transformed from a standard building block (read: rubbish tip) 6 years ago to a homely mix of natives, flowers, fruit and vegies.

Lately, the garden has been rewarding her with enough pawpaws, bananas and greens to share with neighbours and friends.

She invites us to share lunch in the garden that has given her so much pleasure.

December 8, 2020

Garden Visit to Leela’s ‘toy’ farm in Dorrigo

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It’s been 2 years since I’ve had you lot up for a visit. My how the garden has grown! Landscaping and new projects started (finishing is the hard part!), plus more naughty animals to marshal. I’m still trying to push the boundaries of climatic possibilities – gardens & life; the grand experiment.

Come on up the mountain and see what I’ve been busy with…

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November 22, 2020

CANCELLED: Garden Visit to Leela’s ‘toy’ farm in Dorrigo

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This event has been cancelled due to poor weather.

It has been rescheduled. You can see the new event by clicking here.

November 1, 2020

Garden Visit to Chris’s and Merren’s garden in Fernmount

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Chris and Merren are inviting us over for lunch at their new place the Fernmount. Originally planted by John and Carol Vernon, regular BSS members will be familiar with this very successful food forest garden. Pleasingly, they were able to pass the property onto enthusiastic new custodians.

The property is now being rejuvenated by Chris and Merren. They would like to share the inspiration that is this diverse wonderland of possibilities in our unique climate.

Numbers of course will have to be limited, so RSVP to grab a place, then details and directions will be given to successful respondents. Please keep in mind the concerns of current times for the good of all.

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October 8, 2020

Garden Visit to Stuart and Emily’s garden in Missabotti

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Description from Emily:

Stuart and myself moved here 25 years ago wanting to escape the city and suburban living. We both loved gardening so we researched locations that appealed to us. The Nambucca Valley seemed ideal and affordable so we bought and settled onto our new venture; a 10 acre property with dreams of establishing gardens and orchards on the empty block. We initially planted an olive grove but ended up removing them as they just struggled to survive the pests and humidity. Now we have pecans and macadamia trees. Busy at the moment shelling the nuts we harvested earlier in the year.
We look forward to showing you around ‘Misthaven’. Incidentally we named our place ‘Misthaven’ due to the magnificent misty mornings that we experience regularly.

After the garden tour, there is the promise of afternoon tea, with home made goodies!

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September 6, 2020

Garden Visit to David’s food forest in Gleniffer

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Previously, many of us have reveled at David Pepper’s solstice gathings. To mix it up in this mixed-up year, we’re having a spring equinox meet, to spark up a little joy in the warming of the season. Come along and enjoy David’s unique humour and eccentric style in his Glennifer food-forest garden.

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August 9, 2020

Shambaba Retreat garden visit

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‘Shambaba Retreat’, formerly known as ‘The Old Satyananda Ashram, is now home to a new Bellingen Shire family. They have taken on 12 acres of bushland and established gardens (both ornamental and productive) in beautiful Glennifer. Set up now to operate as a retreat and education centre, they would love to share with us the beauty of the property, and discover more about productive growing in this unique, gorgeous part of the world.

Numbers of course will have to be limited, so rsvp to grab a place, then details and directions will be given to successful respondents. Please keep in mind the concerns of current times for the good of all.

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June 7, 2020

Dreamtime multiple occupancy gardens

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How are things growing at your place? Reaping the benefits of hard work and saving seeds, I hope!

BSS have had an ‘unprecedented’ demand for seeds and plant materials and there’s been much enthusiasm for homegrown harvests. To keep the momentum growing, we are planning a small meet up; to exchange seeds, surplus and stories. We also plan to tour a section of the Dreamtime multiple occupancy and see the beauty and bounty some of its members have been busy creating.

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January 12, 2020

Shunyam’s garden in Bundagen

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Shunyam has invited us to visit her well established production garden in Bundagen. A long time member and resident of the Bundagen rural co-operative, she has extensive knowledge on all manner of homegrown delights. She has even tried her hand at aquaponics and Leela is keen to see how her young coconut palm is doing after our last BSS visit in 2014.

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December 8, 2019

Leonie’s garden in Repton

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Leonie would like to invite us to a social seedsavers xmas lunch, at her beautiful Repton home. She is a dynamic lady, living there between travels for many years. She’ll try to tell you she has a modest productive garden, but I’ve discovered she’s been holding out on us for too long!