Volunteer
Volunteering
We welcome volunteers at the Willetton Community Garden, 6 Glenmoy Avenue Willetton.
Email: willettongarden@gmail.com
Monthly Busy Bee
The Busy Bee is a good time to come and see what we do and meet other people. If you like you can join in activities around the garden. Jobs may include weeding and tidying garden beds, planting, watering, cleaning up areas including the garden sheds, rotating compost. Or you may have a favourite activity that you like to do on Busy Bee day. Bring a plate of food to share afterwards, it’s always a good time to meet and catch up.
Contact Carolyn 0420 926 532 or Stella 0455 022 132 to find out more.
Pruning, Weeding Herb Garden
Come and learn about all those wonderful plants and herbs that you can grow. We have lots of herbs in the herb garden, they grow in abundance – basil, parsley, rosemary, mint and more. At times we have workshops held by expert gardeners.
Contact Carolyn on 0420 926 532 to find out more.
Worm Farms
Keeping our worms happy means feeding them with food scraps and adding water. Collecting worm leachate (worm tea) from the worm castings or vermicast (poo!) is done by flushing the worm farm slowly and gently with water. Now there is great fertiliser for the garden beds!!
You’re welcome to come along to help and learn more caring for worms.
Contact Jan on 0413 371 953 to find out more.
Composting
On Tuesdays we collect fruit and vegetable scraps in our trailer, add shredded paper, mulch and used coffee grounds in our large compost bays for the magic of composting to happen. After a few months we turn the compost, moving it to a new bay. No experience needed, this is the perfect activity if you enjoy swinging a pitchfork or shovel.
Contact Basil on 0414 354 308 to find out more.
Mud Kitchen Construction
Coming soon to the garden… a new Kid’s Area is in the design phase.
Bring your own ideas to this project to add to the mud kitchen and other activities planned.
Contact Adam at adam.lorraine@gmail.com to find out more.
Garden Decorations
Have you ever wondered what to do with all those old beaded necklaces that you have kept? Or small food containers? Come and find out how you can give your recycled household items a new life in the garden with paint and string. Definitively one for the adults and children!
Contact Jan on 0413 371 953 or Hilary on 0405 427 246 to find out more.
Building Raised Beds
Corrugated iron from rain water tanks and old garage doors have been given second lives at the garden as raised garden beds.
Help to build new beds will be greatly appreciated.
Contact Frank on 0481 099 315 to find out more.
Watering
There is always plenty of watering to be done especially in summer and with new plants. Watering can be done by hand or with a wand connected to a hose. Water the root of the plant rather than the foliage, just enough as giving too much water can attract fungus.
Contact Carolyn on 0420 926 532 to find out more.