| Manifold Heights Community Garden Minutes | |||
| Date 15/12/2010 Location Danawa Community Garden and then coffee shop | Present Trish, Rebecca, Vicky, Craig, Lorna, Pete, Phil, Liz, Katie | Apologies Helen, Helen, Alistair, Gillian | |
| Next Meeting: Wednesday 12th Jan 2011 6.30pm Bar-b-que BYO something to share e.g. salad or desert 58 Wimmera Ave, Manifold Heights | |||
| Item | Action | Who | By |
| Visited Danawa Com Garden, John kindly showed us around and we learnt lots, what to do and what not to do. See Notes for more detail | None | | |
| Met in coffee shop and Rebecca read the Vision Statement, Vicky pointed out that it didn’t include the Watherong and School, Rebecca rewrote mission statement including school and that the garden will be on Watherong land. Everyone happy with result. | Type up statement and send out to rest of group | Liz | Next meeting |
| It was mentioned that we should bring the Watherong in early to build a native garden and to be inclusive of all cultures at the school, Liz mentioned that she would have a Libyan boy next year as a student | To follow up with Watherong, namely David Tournier to consult on the space before we start any work on what is significant and important | Vicky | Ongoing |
| Art work on wall and as a sign to garden was talked about | Follow up on mosaic work | Vicky | Ongoing |
| Trees that are Dead and Weed species to be removed | Rebecca said her partner Tim who is a qualified arborist would probably be happy to do it | Rebecca | Soon as possible |
| Plan and Design of Site | Geology and Contour map of site to be done and | Rebecca | Next meeting |
| | Planning Map of area so we understand who are neighbours are and what restrictions on site emailed to Vicky and hard copy for meeting | Katie | Next Meeting |
| At Danawa John spoke about the problems when they had to have the water. Mains dug up and the disruptions it caused-stressed importance of dial before you dig | Dial before you dig | Craig | Next meeting |
| Was discussed public liability were we covered by the school | Find out wherever we are covered by the schools insurance | Liz | Next meeting |
| Governance stuff needed, eg management plans etc | Examples of previous ones to be found so we can cut and paste | Trish | Email to group ongoing |
| Funds needed for various actions already | Contact local councillor for a small grant to cover incidentals | Phil-Vicky to send forms | Next meeting |
| Design of Garden and plan of existing site | Measured plan of existing site and start of design | Pete and Vicky | Next meeting |
| Discussed that we should break up into smaller groups for different areas, suggested · Planning and Infrastructure (This includes Artwork) · Funding ,Promotions and Events · Gardening and Maintenance of Site | Plan Groups | All | At next meeting |
Notes: Danawa garden was beautiful, and gave us lots of ideas of what worked and what didn’t. We all liked the Mandela Garden and decided we should have one. They garden communally due to people going away for long periods of time. They were given a tank by Barwon Water and had building built by the apprentices from the Gordon. Received Grants from Bendigo Bank, tables built by Men’s shed. Have a share the bounty once a fortnight. Pick and Plant once a fortnight. There was a plan of the garden. Compost bins. We all liked the whiteboard with what needs to be done. Crop rotation, through Mandela garden. Garden logo. Greenhouse that was donated. Lots of water tanks. Shed for activities. Are visited by schools etc, getting involved in local markets. Will keep in contact for ideas.
