debbieteale
Busselton, Western Australia
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:04 am Post subject: My inspiration comes from our local Community Garden |
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Every time I get bogged down in all the weeding, waiting for seeds to emerge, or get a sore back with lugging bags of manure etc, I call in at our local Community Garden in Busselton, Western Australia.
Originally this piece of land was a BMX training area for the local kids with time on their hands. Every month or so there was a competition. All very nice, except it was so overgrown, and not many people used it. it was basically unused council land.
Look at it now!
1 ( photo / image / picture from debbieteale's Garden )
winter 2010 ( photo / image / picture from debbieteale's Garden )
winter 2010 ( photo / image / picture from debbieteale's Garden )
winter 2010 ( photo / image / picture from debbieteale's Garden )
The Shed ( photo / image / picture from debbieteale's Garden )
Gazebo & Pizza Bake Oven ( photo / image / picture from debbieteale's Garden )
beds and playground area ( photo / image / picture from debbieteale's Garden )
winter 2010 ( photo / image / picture from debbieteale's Garden )
pidgeons roosting above compost bins ( photo / image / picture from debbieteale's Garden )
Toilet with own water supply from roof. ( photo / image / picture from debbieteale's Garden )
the old chook pens (Moveable) ( photo / image / picture from debbieteale's Garden )
winter 2010 ( photo / image / picture from debbieteale's Garden )
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Frank
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:55 am Post subject: |
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Brimming with life and activity, much better. How big is the community participating? Thanks for the tour.
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debbieteale
Busselton, Western Australia
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:31 am Post subject: |
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Glad you liked it. Busselton has a population of 24,000 people, with a huge influx for holidays, as this is a holiday destination from all over the world. A large group of volunteers come in every Tuesday to keep it in tip top shape. Not sure how many, but it always looks great.
they also have a little shop, do morning teas as well. They strike cuttings and grow from seed.
the locals also have access to the eggs and fruit.
there's a sign on the front of the current compost bin suggesting that people with a plot get a wheelbarrow and spread the ready stuff on. As they have 6 compost bays, there's always some ready.
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Sjoerd
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Nice set of fotos, Debbie. Thanks for going to the trouble of taking them and posting on here. The place looks tidy with some imaginative plots.
I liked the organized arrangement there with the nice paths, compost bins, clubhouse/shed, dunny and own water collection. The gazebo for cooking was also a good good idea and I can imagine that it gets it's share of use.
That mobile chook pen caught my fancy.
Like Frank, I am curious to know how many members there are with plots there.
It is interesting that there are volunteers that come once a week to keep the place tidy, and not the plotholders themselves. I guess that in return the volunteers get produce and eggs from the community garden complex--would that be right?
Anyway, Thanks again for showing this and if you have the opportunity, please do take even more fotos as the plots progress. I find it very interesting.
Cheers.
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toni
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What a great community garden, so well planned, full of life and kept so clean and comfy looking. I think it's great that you have a playground for the kidlets while Mom is gardening.
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debbieteale
Busselton, Western Australia
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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I'll keep you posted. Glad everyone liked to see our garden.
You know, we even get people drive down from Perth (2.5 hours away) just to look around? I heard one couple chartered a helicopter from Perth to Busseltn airport, taxi to the garden, then after photo's and a cuppa, returned the same way.
Lucky I get to live close.
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A really nice garden 
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marlingardener
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| Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:53 am Post subject: |
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Oh,my, what a lovely community garden! But it is really more than a garden, isn't it--point of community pride, source of tranquility, and beauty for the eyes.
It certainly beats any community garden I've ever seen!
One question, please. What is a "chook" and what is it used for?
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EJ
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| Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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marlingardener - a chook is a slang term for chicken. We often use that term in the UK also.
Debbieteale, what a fab garden. How lucky you are to have such a tranquil, yet productive area on your doorstep - much nicer than a piece of wasteland. I shall have to have words with my Auntie in Adelaide to see if they have anything similar. Great photos, thanks for sharing.
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debbieteale
Busselton, Western Australia
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| Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:53 am Post subject: |
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hi again everyone.
I'm back, armed with the website for the Busselton community garden, and it has a site plan, directions, even all the press clippings it has featured in.
I laughed to see one titled "Lost your plot" competition.
anyway, here it is:
http://www.busseltoncommunitygarden.org.au/
sorry about the slang for chicken, but we call chickens the little bubs, just hatched and not yet growed up!
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Nice! I wish our community could do something similar, but people around here never seem to agree on anything, especially if work is involved. 
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A wonderful garden for the local community as well as visitors Debbie. A nice variety of planting and buildings (I even like the toilets!!) Thanks for posting the photographs and link for us - I really enjoyed seeing both.
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