October 2020
October Connect and Learn
This month Debbie Bassingthwaighte will share ideas for growing your own Aromatic Apothecary Garden. Are you intrigued by the idea of growing a garden filled with beautiful scents and plants that heal and nurture? Perhaps you’ve been motivated by the many new challenges of 2020 to see fresh possibilities for your garden to enhance wellbeing. Would you like to grow a natural first aid kit? But what plants can you grow and how do you use them?
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November Garden Insights
This month Janet will show us her Toowoomba suburban garden which is very much a "work in progress". The house was built in 1997, but Janet has been able to focus on gardening in the last 12 months since she retired from full-time work commitments. We'll be able to see and explore the front garden beds with memories, perennials, bulbs, and the side garden with citrus hedge, herbs, vegetable beds, and rose garden.
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As we head into summer it's the perfect time to craft your own fermented drinks to quench your thirst. Fermented drinks are rich in gut-friendly bacteria and can use seasonal gluts and potential waste such as pineapple and banana skins. What a great way to keep your family hydrated and marvel at the magic of creating drinks full of healthy goodness.
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End of Year Celebration
This is the End of Year Celebration with Workshops and Garden Visit for Permaculture Toowoomba Inc. Everyone is welcome. We'll each take home a Mushroom Grow Bucket, a Fruit Fly Trap, Christmas Decorations created from a Crows Ash Pod, and Goodies selected from the Mega Christmas Share Table. Please join us for an afternoon of learning and family fun.
Find out more »January 2021
January Garden Insights
We like to visit a range of different gardens, each as unique as the gardener who lives there. It's wonderful to see the diverse garden styles, approaches and plants that can be grown in our bio-region. So this month Gillian will show us her suburban garden at Westbrook.
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This month we'll learn about Bushfoods of the Toowoomba Region presented by Kemp Killerby of Flora 4 Fauna Australia. Kemp will also bring a range of plants including bushfoods, bush medicines and fauna attracting host plants for anyone interested in purchasing plants for their own backyard.
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February Garden Insights
This month for our Garden Insights we'll visit Shirley and John suburban garden in Toowoomba. It's a natural garden brimming with food and habitat for wildlife, birds and humans.
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This month Debbie Bassingthwaighte will Debbie will lead us to consider the 3 Permaculture Ethics (Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share) that form the foundations of the permaculture design system and guide our everyday actions and ethical decision-making. She will integrate practical activities, discussions, story-telling and case examples as we learn about David Holmgren's 12 Permaculture Design Principles and how these can be used to create individual and collective resilience in our lives.
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