FEEL like gardening but don’t have a garden?
Perhaps your garden is too small for fruit and vegies?
If this is you, then come along to the Whitsunday Organic Community Garden!
Located on Galbraith Park Drive, Cannonvale, the community garden is home to a lot of fruit trees – including lemons, oranges, mandarins and mangoes – as well as tomatoes, celery and salad greens.
Not only do volunteers – or ‘helpers’ – get to play amongst all these beautiful plants but they can also take some of the produce home when they’re done!
Volunteer Jenny Greig, who has been helping out since the garden was first established eight years ago, said it was a lot of fun.
“It’s just a couple of hours, twice a week – we meet at 9am on Wednesday and Sunday,” she said.
“It’s nothing particularly strenuous. We pull a few weeds out and have a chat. The garden looks after itself.
“We plan a few sites and pull tomatoes off the bush and pick some fruit off the trees.
“People can take some of the produce. We just share it out, whatever’s there and whatever’s ready to eat.”
The community garden is looking for general volunteers to help out and also committee members.
The AGM is coming up, on October 13, and both a treasurer and a secretary are needed.
The AGM will take place at the community garden, at 10am, for one hour.
The garden is opposite the children’s playground, on Galbraith Park Drive, between the two creeks.
“It will be a good introduction to the garden for people and we can give them a tour,” Jenny said.
“We have a wonderful president – Hayley from Airlie Health Hub – and she promotes the garden and tells her customers to come down.
“But we need a couple of committee positions filled. It’s really not many hours work a year – literally five to 10 hours a year.”
If you are interested, there’s more information at www.whitsundayOCG.org.au or visit the Facebook page, or just turn up at the community garden!
