Activities At
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Past ActivitiesBelow are a selection highlighting previous events and workshops that were held at Mandurah Community Gardens or by MCG at other locations.
Make sure to check our Events Calendar page for upcoming events.
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2022
A review of just some the activities that have happened this year at Mandurah Community Gardens
Christmas Carols At The Garden
Sarah Morrison led the Greenfields Primary School Choir in singing Christmas carols for an audience of Mandurah Community Gardens members and visitors.
Tuneful Tuesday
Vocal coach Sarah Morrison from Musical Kite String held her singing lessons at Mandurah Community Gardens.
Little Visitors At The Gardens
Goodstart Early Learning Centre kids had an excursion to the Mandurah Community Gardens to learn about growing plants for food.
They're our future community gardeners!
They're our future community gardeners!
Mandurah Community Gardens Garden Coordinator Cheryl explaining how things work in the garden to the kids.
Students Lend A Hand & Learn About Worms
Year 7 students from Austin Cove Baptist College have been a great help mulching pathways to control weeds, sowing seeds, washing and disinfecting pots for reuse, weeding garden beds and having a mini master class on compost worms. Students potted up succulents to take home and had a taste test of some of the herbs and broad beans growing in the garden.
MCG Participates In Australia's Biggest Quiz
Australia's biggest Quiz created a new Guinness World Record AND spread the word that there is a cure for Hepatitis C. The team from Mandurah Community Gardens had fun, participating in warm up games then having a go at the trivia questions.
Gatherers & Growers Event Held At MCG
Mandurah Community Gardens was the venue for the G & G event organised by Paul Bodlovich and hosted by Chris Smyth for Community Gardens Australia. Costa Georgiadis, the ambassador for Community Gardens Australia, addressed the audience via live video link on why Financial Viability is important for community gardens. Other guest speakers were from Waterwise, Program Manager Winsome MacLaurin and Principal Water Planner, Michael Hammond. From Murdoch University, Dr Vicky Solah, Chair of Food Science and Nutrition and Paul Willmott, owner and Irrigation Trainer from Willmott Irrigation. It was a very successful and educational day! Read the blog in our News section
Chris Smyth opening the event
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Aaron from Pinjarra Community Garden with Amy from North Fremantle Social Farm and Bronwyn from Permaculture WA.
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Another Visit from David Templeman MLA
David, one of Mandurah Community Gardens long time supporters, visited the gardens to catch up up on the news and see how things have been growing.
MCG Supports Mental Health Week in WA
In a demonstration of support for mental health awareness, Mandurah Community Gardens promoted the benefits of community gardening.
Work Experience For Tyler
Tyler completed 2 terms of work experience with Mandurah Community Gardens. Not only did gain some horticultural knowledge, he got to learn about running a garden, and he also made a great contribution to helping us maintain and harvest it. We wish him all the best for his future!
Selling Bendigo Raffle Tickets at Bunnings
With help from our long-time supporter Bunnings and a special thanks to Bendigo Bank's Community Bank, MCG had the opportunity to raise some funds with raffle tickets provided and great prizes to be won. A special thanks goes to Cheryl Ivey our Garden Coordinator who is usually the one who sets up and mans the MCG stall at events - she is a completely dedicated member and an invaluable asset!
Refurbished Pizza Oven
The pizza oven has been at Mandurah Community Gardens for years, originally built by hand by volunteer members. Unfortunately it had started to rust and water had egressed into the oven. With the help of Christine & her friend Helen they supervised and instructed on the refurbishment of the oven with mosaics. The oven has been given a new lease of life and will no doubt be used constantly in the cooler months of the year.
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Mosaics By The Numbers
With the expert help of Christine, our members created custom designed plot numbers for the gardens.
Creative Repurposing
Kat, a member who joined us this year, put her painting skills to use on an old Weber BBQ lid and created a ladybug for the gardens. Our members are able to find so many ways to recycle and repurpose things!
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Inter Community Garden Visits
In the spirit of community gardening, we have had the pleasure of visits from members of other community gardens to see what we do in our little patch. Members of Mandurah Community Gardens have also visited other community gardens over the year - there is always so much to do and it is great to be a part of the wider community of community gardeners!
Visitors from Southern River Community Garden pose for group shot with CGA members
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Members from CGA visiting Thommo's Community Garden in Bunbury
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MCG's 10th Anniversary Celebration
2022 marked 10 years of Mandurah Community Gardens being here for the community!
We celebrated with a grand party which was attended by long-time members, ex-members, current members, supporters and dignitaries.
The cake was really something special and was hard to cut being such a work of art, but it was easy to eat.
We celebrated with a grand party which was attended by long-time members, ex-members, current members, supporters and dignitaries.
The cake was really something special and was hard to cut being such a work of art, but it was easy to eat.
A 40 page limited edition photobook was created with funding providing by Frasers Landing to help mark the Mandurah Community Gardens' 10th Anniversary with a visual record of our achievements. It highlights the stages of development that the gardens has gone through over the last 10 years, along with photos of members and activities that have been held at the gardens.
If you would like a copy of the 10th Anniversary photobook, it is available for purchase but numbers are limited.
Contact [email protected] to find out more.
If you would like a copy of the 10th Anniversary photobook, it is available for purchase but numbers are limited.
Contact [email protected] to find out more.
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Some example pages of the 10th Anniversary photobook
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Celebrating Neighbour Day
We held an event for Neighbour Day, which is held on the last Sunday of March every year, by making pot plant gifts to share with our neighbours. The City of Mandurah kindly put together a video promoting the day featuring Mandurah Community Gardens.
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Artists In The Gardens
Mandurah Community Gardens is a great venue for many kinds of hobbyist and interest groups,
and it has been a frequent location for Mandurah's Plein Air Artists to visit - and we just love what they do!
and it has been a frequent location for Mandurah's Plein Air Artists to visit - and we just love what they do!
Jamming With The Ukuleles
Local ukulele musicians visited us and played under the covered area, kicking up some fun and providing a backdrop of music for the garden.
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A Year Of Recycling And Helping The Planet
Mandurah Community Gardens has been embracing the Containers For Change system to help recycle containers, and we have gratefully received a side-benefit of earning a bit of money to go towards the garden's funds.
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2021
More to follow here - come back to this page for updates