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The Sustainable Backyard Garden Taken by the Waikato Times (Carolyn Elliot) for an article celebrating the 1st birthday of the garden in March 2002. From left to right is Volunteer Chris Fairley, and Trustees Adrienne Grant and Anna Littler holding a resident chicken.... Enlarge |
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The water feature seen in the garden has a top and bottom pond, water is pumped up to the top pond by a solar powered enclosed system supplied by Canon Solar in Takapuna, water is aerated by the flowforms between the two ponds. Flowforms supplied b... Enlarge |
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Here is the Sustainable Backyard Garden looking lush and tropical, Summer 2002.... Enlarge |
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Our project coodinator, Cheryl Noble looking after a vege plot in the Sustainable Backyard Garden. An 8 year seasonal rotation plan has been developed for the management of these vege plots. Liquid manure, worm castings, direct manuring by chickens... Enlarge |
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Insectaflora in the Sustainable Backyard Californian Poppies and other wildflowers are used as insectaflora. A patch of ground under the crab apple trees is home to a wild-flower bed designed to provide food source to beneficial insects. This is all part of cultivating an ecology in your ... Enlarge |
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Livestock in the Garden Some livestock in the Sustainable Backyard Garden is there by design but others, like this frog come on their own and have deceided to make our water chestnut tub their home. This one stayed for about a month and we haven't seen them since.... Enlarge |
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The previous "Backyard Garden" August 2000 Designed as part of a landscape design and gardening competiton it was built as a "backyard garden." In Mid-2000 discussions began between the Trust and Hamilton Gardens management to rebuild the site into the Sustainable Backyard Garden.... Enlarge |
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The entire garden has been built using volunteer labour. More people than we can keep track of have helped in one way or another. During the summer of 2000-2001 a core group of volunteers were working all weekend every weekend to build the garden. ... Enlarge |
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PINZ Volunteers Volunteers even came from out of the district! This team were rallied by Permaculture Institute of NZ contacts. They were invaluable for this heavy work, installing the concrete troughs for the water feature.... Enlarge |
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And in she goes........... Enlarge |
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The garden opens at last Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons and the then Hamilton Mayor Russ Rimmington formally opening the Sustainable Backyard Garden during the Festival of the Environment March 2001.... Enlarge |
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Big Organic Cabbage... Enlarge |
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Adrienne Grant and Melanie Snowden in the Hamilton Community Permaculture Gardens - December 2000. These were established on a site ajacent to the Sustainable Backyard Garden and served to raise people of similar interest and energy in Hamilton and ... Enlarge |
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Garden Pixie aka Melanie... Enlarge |
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Monarch Butterfly Closeup... Enlarge |
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Waimarie Community Garden, Hamilton East In the begining, planning & designing... Enlarge |
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Waimarie Community Garden, Hamilton East In progress with the herbal spiral in place... Enlarge |
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volunteers at work ... Enlarge |
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What can I find for lunch? ... Enlarge |
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Community garden full with companion plants & food ... Enlarge |
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Scarecrow watches a volunteer reap the rewards ... Enlarge |
