Garden Visit to David’s food forest in Gleniffer

Open Gardens

Hi all,

Well, the solstice is nearly upon us and we invite you to visit one of our favourite winter wonderlands; David Pepper’s abundant and eclectic Gleniffer garden.
We will get together for an early, leisurely  lunch, followed by rambles through the property to marvel at David’s latest doings. And if we’re lucky, maybe get the firepit blazing.
Always a relaxed and jovial affair, please join us to warm the shortest of days and herald the lengthening ones to come ☺

 

Garden Visit to Susan’s in Urunga

Open Gardens

Hi all,

Over the last 3 years, Susan has been steadily building up from scratch, in the middle of Urunga. The good soil and the mild climate have worked with her, to produce a rewarding mix of ornamental natives and a productive vegie patch. Bigger and better things are planned for the patch, but so far so good with this garden project

 

Seed Labelling at Gillian’s

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.

Please bring a snack plate for this event. The plan is to have a packing and labelling session for about an hour – hour and a half. We have about 600 packets of seeds to label. After that we can go into full on relaxation mode with afternoon tea and take in Gillian’s beautiful view.

Bellingen Seed Savers presents seeds (including these ones you can help label) and plants at a stall at the Bellingen Spring Plant Fair! Saturday March 9.

Any questions, contact Leela on gardenvisits@bellingenseedsavers.com or phone 0417 536 490

Bellingen Seed Savers at the 2019 Autumn Plant Fair

Plant Fair

Bellingen Seed Savers presents seeds and plants at a stall at the Bellingen Spring Plant Fair. Locally adapted edible plants and seeds for sale. Perfect timing for your Autumn 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 (Corner Church and Park Streets) in Bellingen on Saturday March the 9th. 8am – 2pm but get there early. The plants sell quick!

Autumn is the ideal time to make those planting additions to your garden, orchard or farm!

The Bellingen Autumn Plant Fair features over 70 plant nursery stalls, with a huge variety of tropical and sub-tropical, native, exotic or food-bearing plants, garden supplies, and plenty of expert horticultural advice available.

Workshops, activities with undercover seating, information stalls from local organisations, fine food, musicians, free entry, lots of bargains and the chance to win a barrow full of plants donated by the stallholders, make this a great day out for garden lovers.

The Autumn Plant Fair is a fundraiser for the Bellingen Environment Centre and sponsored by the Bellingen Community Markets.

If you can help out on our stall, please contact Gillian (plantfair@bellingenseedsavers.com).

If you have seeds or cuttings to donate, or would like to help pack seeds ready for the plant fair, please see our seed packing event.

Garden Visit to Leela’s in Dorrigo

Open Gardens

Hi all,

it’s been a couple of years since some of you last saw my ‘toy farm’; I have been busy experimenting and shaping my adventure garden and food forest. Having had some successes with grafting, I have planted new fruit avenues and optimistically snuck a few tropicals into the shrubbery 😉

I am also now experimenting with colonising the rafters in my conservatory; always keen to utilize a discovered microclimate! Some other projects are having greater and lesser successes, but still enjoying the challenge and experience of it all.

Whilst the summer weather is heating up for you all, come and enjoy the relative cool with me up here in the mountains. Bring a christmassy plate to share for this late afternoon gathering.

😆Leela

What Bug is That?

Workshop / Learning Event

In November we visit Tricia’s garden in Brierfield, which is a delightful setting for a Q&A gathering, despite the lack of vegie garden action.

Start collecting your questions and specimens. Our resident entomologist Debbie will be identifying your bugs!

Debbie Kent, an entomologist who has worked for both the NSW Department of Agriculture and NSW Forestry, will identify any insect you bring to the gathering. It may be something bad eating your veggies or fruit trees or it could be a good guy eating or parasitising the bad ones.

Start collecting now

You will have a whole month to scout around your garden so keep an eye out for something you haven’t encountered before.

How to collect and what to bring your insect in

Identification is always easier if the insect is alive so capturing them in a clear plastic container is the best method. But insects will only survive a day or two so any collected earlier will need to be frozen by placing the container with insect in the freezer until the day.

Include a note with your specimen – where you found it and on what plant. Add the date you collected it and any other information you think relevant. You can also bring along the damaged plant material if fresh. If collected early also put it in the freezer in a paper bag inside a plastic bag. It’s important to only have one insect species per container to avoid confusion.

Warning!

Be careful collecting any insects as some can bite, sting, squirt noxious liquids and cause skin rashes, especially some of the hairy caterpillars.

If this has put you off there is always a photograph – assuming they remain still long enough!

Visit to Green Patch Organic Seeds Open Day, Taree

Open Gardens, Workshop / Learning Event

We will be carpooling to this event, to arrive in time for the Farm Tour at 10am. Please RSVP if you would like to be included in the carpool, otherwise, see you there!

Entry: FREE
Tea & Coffee Provided    

Where:  Greenpatch Organic Seeds, 109 Old Bar Rd, Glenthorne, NSW 2430
Turn off the Pacific Highway at the Taree South exit taking the Old Bar exit and follow Old Bar Road for 900 metres.  The property is on the left hand side.

Includes:

  • See where we grow over 200 varieties of seeds and 500 varieties of nursery plants propagated onsite.
  • Take advantage of over 70 years horticultural experience on the day.
  • Self Guided Tour. An excellent experience plus an opportunity to take a rest and enjoy the gardens we have developed.

10am – Farm Tour including orchards, herb & flower gardens, nursery production & vegetable seed cropping.

11am – Bee keeping. Anna & Sven from Amber Drop Honey are local environmentally minded bee keepers passionate to share their wisdom. Workshop information is to be confirmed.

12pm – Lunch will be served for a gold coin donation. BBQ – German Sausages, Vegetarian options & Salad. Tea & Coffee provided. Enjoy the music from ‘Dingo Creek String Band’

12.45pm – 2pm Plant Propagation workshop covering the basics of Seed Raising, Divisions & Cuttings. Neville a horticulturalist has been propagating plants in a commercial setting since the late 1970’s so he will be teaching you from his own experiences.

All Day – The nursery and shop will be open from 10am to 2pm if you would like to purchase seeds and plants or seek gardening advice.

Biocast+ with Lee Fieldhouse from Islands in the Stream will also be available all day with his wealth of knowledge. He will also have his Biocast+ products available on the day.

Coming? RSVP to carpool there
Please let us know in the message box:
if you would like a lift, or if you are able to offer a lift.
How many spare seats you have to offer.
Where you are coming from.

Seed Labelling at John and Carol’s

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.

Bring a snack plate for this event. The plan is to have a quick eat and then a short ‘many hands light work’ labelling session of about an hour – hour and a half. We have around 300 packets to label. It will go quickly.

Bellingen Seed Savers presents seeds and plants at a stall at the Bellingen Spring Plant Fair! Saturday September 8.

Bellingen Seed Savers at the 2018 Spring Plant Fair

Plant Fair

Bellingen Seed Savers presents seeds and plants at a stall at the Bellingen Spring Plant Fair. Locally adapted edible plants and seeds for sale. Perfect timing for your spring 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 (Corner Church and Park Streets) in Bellingen on Saturday September 8th. 8am – 2pm but get there early. The plants sell quick!

Spring is the ideal time to make those planting additions to your garden, orchard or farm!

The Bellingen Spring Plant Fair features over 70 plant nursery stalls, with a huge variety of tropical and sub-tropical, native, exotic or food-bearing plants, garden supplies, and plenty of expert horticultural advice available.

Workshops, activities with undercover seating, information stalls from local organisations, fine food, musicians, free entry, lots of bargains and the chance to win a barrow full of plants donated by the stallholders, make this a great day out for garden lovers.

The Spring Plant Fair is a fundraiser for the Bellingen Environment Centre and sponsored by the Bellingen Community Markets.

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