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Spring Outdoor Movie & Pizza Night

Hi Everyone,

Spring is here, so please join us for an Outdoor Movie and Pizza Night!

Peter and Debra have graciously offered their wonderful backyard, several acres devoted to growing vegetables, rearing animals, fish and creating sculptures. It’s a perfect opportunity to discuss all things related to sustainable food production. Here’s the plan:

  • 5 pm Open garden, come along and check out their veggies, aquaponics, bees, chooks, cow and more….
  • 6 pm Wood fired pizza. Dough provided, please bring toppings to share. Outdoor fire to keep us warm
  • 7 pm Movie screening of “Growing Change”.
  • 8 pm Short Q and A discussion arising from the movie: What can we do ourselves?
  • 8:30 pm Finish

When: Sunday 30 September
Cost: Gold coin donation
BYO: Pizza toppings to share, drinks & glasses, chair/rug, sturdy shoes (no high heels :) , jacket if it’s cool.
Where: Hazelmere.

RSVP: As it’s at a private residence, please register with Eventbrite. We will then email out the address, with map closer to the date. Any problems, please call Peter on 0438 940 386.

No need to print the ticket, it’s just to help with tracking numbers.

Check out the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e1QFWmywbo

Bees in the Backyard

The next Kitchen Gardeners’ Society meet is coming up and it’s all about bees.

Once again it’s at Steve and Elizabeth’s house, Marmalade Cottage (RSVP for address).

Sunday 5 August
1.30 – 4pm

Bees are an essential part of the productive garden – they pollinate for fruit production, and if you have a hive, give you honey.  Without them, life on earth starves.

As well as learning about bees and keeping them, we’ll have the sharing table – if you have something from your garden or kitchen you’d like to share, please bring it along, and take home something from someone else’s garden.

After the bee presentation, we’ll have afternoon tea.  If you’d like to bring something along yummy, please do.  Perhaps with a honey theme?

There isn’t a great deal of shelter in the backyard, so if it’s wet, bring your umbrella.  It isn’t a terribly kid-friendly place (there’s poo and rusty metal) so you’ll need to keep a close eye on any little ones.

Please email guildfordkitchengardeners@gmail.com to RSVP.

Transition Town Guildford’s Kitchen Gardeners’ Society Launches!

The best way to learn how to do something is from others. With the TTG Kitchen Gardeners’ Society, you can see and hear first hand how people  developed their back yard garden. And you can always get your hands dirty if you want.

The first monthly meet was a great success: veggies planted, hot-house installed, bed dug and all with delicious wood fired pizza! Thanks to Debra & Peter for sharing their place.

Next gathering, Sunday 1st of July, stay tuned for details

Photos courtesy Emma & Kerrin