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Food gardens for rental and renters
Many think they can’t grow food because the are in a rental situation… * In most cases, this could not be further from the truth! Setting up food gardens for rental and renters is definitely possible. * We might just need to be a bit more ingenious… * Raised Garden Beds can be
Rooftop garden – Richmond
Built on a rooftop in Richmond in the early summer of 2012, this rooftop garden is only two steps away from the kitchen. As well as a breathtaking view on Melbourne’s CBD, this garden features: A perfect amount of shade from the hot afternoon sun and dominating dry north-western winds provided by this gorgeous Jacaranda. Two removable
A garden for the bees… and the humans!
After months of preparation, we finally had the pleasure to plant this front garden. Looking at it now, it is hard to believe that a year ago, this front garden was entirely covered with invasive runner grasses. Using the well proven technique of sheet mulching, we have patiently suppressed the grasses, built up soil biology
Fed Square’s rooftop garden with Melbourne City Rooftop Honey
Today we added a whole lot of lovely flowering plants on the rooftop of Fed Square. Here Mat and Vanessa from @RooftopHoney sharing some of the hard work. 5 stories of stairs to climb to get to the hives… 10 beautiful colonies, with up to 500 000 bees at the peak of the season,
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Urban ponds and bees
This very amateur home video ( http://youtu.be/5IGLV1mtgOY ) shows the huge benefits of creating bodies of water in urban environments. This bathtub pond is actually the water reserve of a vertical garden located in Melbourne, that we are using to trial new plants. As you can see, many edible plants are planted in the pond,
Gardening workshops at the Pop Up Patch
Libertas Gardens is proud to be associated with the Little Veggie Patch Co and the Pop Up Patch at Federation Square. * Starting on the 29th of November we will be running workshops on the broad topic of edible gardens. As usual our workshops will be as at hands-on and interactive as possible, but will
A few words about regenerative farming and gardening strategies, meat and plant diet:
A few words about regenerative farming and gardening strategies, meat and plant diet: I decided to write this as an answer to a conversation with a vegan gardener that objected the use of animals in a community garden. This is an opinion article, feel free to comment on it to add your views to the
Compost and chicken system at community garden
Project summary Purpose This project aims to fully retrofit the chicken area at the ******* St Community Garden. This would also allow to greatly simplify and maximise the on site composting processes. Context The current chicken area is in need of improvement: The chicken house is infested by vermin, fleas and mites. The fence around
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