The Community Garden is found beside the Matakana Hall. Formerly a waste area it has been transformed into a beautiful and productive vegetable garden developed along organic principles. It is a space to come and grow produce, learn new gardening skills to use at home and meet like minded people.
We meet every Monday Morning
9am until 10.30am, at the garden, to tend, plant and harvest our produce.
Everyone is welcome to join us.
9am until 10.30am, at the garden, to tend, plant and harvest our produce.
Everyone is welcome to join us.
Matakana Green Swap
Friday 9am at The Wharf in Matakana
Come along with your spare produce and swap it for something else; fruit, veggies, jams, flowers etc all welcome!
For latest news and update on activities have a look at our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Matakana-Community-Garden/522103661165443?fref=ts
Friday 9am at The Wharf in Matakana
Come along with your spare produce and swap it for something else; fruit, veggies, jams, flowers etc all welcome!
For latest news and update on activities have a look at our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Matakana-Community-Garden/522103661165443?fref=ts
Good morning Greenswap,
Housekeeping and community events
9am start -Can we please try and keep as close to 9am as possible for our start time as it is getting busy again for members that have to juggle events and work. late comers like myself will just need to fit in.
TODAY - Tuesday 19th January Whangateau Hall Community Market - 9am-1pm
Local produce, locally made products and bric-brac
http://www.facebook.com/events/746591325959518
Big Buzz festival
We have been asked by Grass Esposti if Greenswap would like a stall for members to promote Greenswap and sell produce. Is anyone keen?
Trish and I will also be doing a stall for Mahurangi Wastebusters and running zero waste bins let us know if you would like to volunteer with our fun team.
Sunday, 14th February 9am till 4pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/203614440764688
Message or call me for more information - Angie 021353666 ange_nz@yahoo.com
NEXT GREENSWAP:
Matakana Greenswap at the Wharf
Friday 22 January
9am
http://www.facebook.com/events/853520475487386
Future Greenswap
Matakana Greenswap - Home visit with Waveney and Matthew at Rainbow Valley Farm
Friday 29th January
9am
https://www.facebook.com/events/224393982584933/
Matakana Greenswap at the Wharf
Friday 05 February
9am
https://www.facebook.com/events/732540587449846/
Matakana Greenswap at the Wharf
Friday 12 February
9am
https://www.facebook.com/events/764492141172767/
Matakana Greenswap at the Wharf
Friday 19 February
9am
https://www.facebook.com/events/2561276230831425/
Angie
021353666
Workshops
The Community Garden also hosts workshops such as Pruning, Shitake Mushroom Growing and Compost Making. We will let you know when these opportunities are coming up or try our facebook page.
The Community Garden also hosts workshops such as Pruning, Shitake Mushroom Growing and Compost Making. We will let you know when these opportunities are coming up or try our facebook page.
Our Story
November 2012
The vision of Robyn Barclay and Trish Allen was turned into reality on Sunday November 25th 2012 when a small army of volunteers turned up to turn a piece of unused and rubbish strewn land into the makings of a community garden next to the hall in the centre of the village. .
A skip full of rubbish including old tyres, glass, plastic and steel was collected and disposed of and the garden beds were formed and sheet-mulched with newspaper and cardboard. This was topped with a mix of compost, horse and donkey manure, grass clippings and wood chips. Fantastic stuff for the first pumpkins to grow in. Compost bins were built and a water tank stand was erected.
First Harvest the following March
About 100 pumpkins of all shapes and sizes were harvested the following March. A great first harvest. Lauraine Jacobs, well known Food Columnist and writer used some of the pumpkins in a cooking demonstration with children at Matakana Primary School. The delicious pumpkin lasagne and pumpkin pikelets were a great hit with the kids! After some of the pumpkins had been distributed, the rest were sold by Matakana School children at the Farmers Market the following Saturday to raise money for developing the garden and purchasing fruit trees. Later, about 30 Year4 Matakana School children visited Community Garden to hear a talk by Trish Allen about the benefits of community gardens, soil, composting and worm bins. The children were amazed at the variety and number of pumpkins in the garden.
November 2012
The vision of Robyn Barclay and Trish Allen was turned into reality on Sunday November 25th 2012 when a small army of volunteers turned up to turn a piece of unused and rubbish strewn land into the makings of a community garden next to the hall in the centre of the village. .
A skip full of rubbish including old tyres, glass, plastic and steel was collected and disposed of and the garden beds were formed and sheet-mulched with newspaper and cardboard. This was topped with a mix of compost, horse and donkey manure, grass clippings and wood chips. Fantastic stuff for the first pumpkins to grow in. Compost bins were built and a water tank stand was erected.
First Harvest the following March
About 100 pumpkins of all shapes and sizes were harvested the following March. A great first harvest. Lauraine Jacobs, well known Food Columnist and writer used some of the pumpkins in a cooking demonstration with children at Matakana Primary School. The delicious pumpkin lasagne and pumpkin pikelets were a great hit with the kids! After some of the pumpkins had been distributed, the rest were sold by Matakana School children at the Farmers Market the following Saturday to raise money for developing the garden and purchasing fruit trees. Later, about 30 Year4 Matakana School children visited Community Garden to hear a talk by Trish Allen about the benefits of community gardens, soil, composting and worm bins. The children were amazed at the variety and number of pumpkins in the garden.
