We are thrilled to announce a wonderful new addition to our community garden, made possible by a generous $500 donation from Feros Care, organized by our dedicated Community Gardens member, Kerry. With this donation, we upgraded the Gardens with a beautiful raised bed. This new feature is particularly special as it allows our less mobileContinue reading “Elevating Our Garden: A New Raised Bed for All”
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What is Shara Community Gardens?
Shara Community Gardens is a green, communal gardening space for residents of North Ocean Shores, South Golden Beach, Billinudgel, New Brighton and Ocean Shores. How Does Your Garden Grow? With sunshine, rain and a committee of 5 volunteers who ensure that the bills are paid! The committee meets on a regular basis to plan gardenContinue reading “What is Shara Community Gardens?”
Santa Visits Shara
We were delighted to see members and the community for a holiday celebration at Shara Community Gardens in December! The gardens provided the perfect venue to meet neighbours and connect with friends in the lead up to Christmas. Live music from Christina Giorgio and Janet Swain set the scene, as folks set up picnics andContinue reading “Santa Visits Shara”
Music in the Gardens
On 7 May, Shara Community Gardens hosted “Music in the Gardens”, which brought together local community members for an afternoon of music, food and fun. The event showcased the talent of musicians Kelly Brouhaha and Phil & Tilley, while the Lotus Food Van provided delectable food – all free of charge. With fantastic weather andContinue reading “Music in the Gardens”
NEW CHICKEN COOP COMPLETE !
Thanks to our NRCF Resilience Grant. We completed the Shara Garden rainwater tank project to secure us from future drought. Then the floods came! So I am only getting around to announcing it now! We had some money left over from the grant and NRCF approved us to complete the chicken coop with that money.Continue reading “NEW CHICKEN COOP COMPLETE !”
Our Edible Exchange is Launched!!
Thanks to a beautiful joint intention, a long incubation period and a recent boost of energy from members and friends of the garden, our Edible Exchange is now functional and open to the community! We invite you to bring your extra produce from your own gardens to exchange or offer to the community at SharaContinue reading “Our Edible Exchange is Launched!!”
GARDEN GATHERING
Shara Community Gardens and Ocean Shores Preschool invite you to our joint GARDEN GATHERING! Bring your friends, families, dinner and a rug to the community garden on the 6th December between 4-6pm. Our wish is to dine together and celebrate as we move forward from the roller coaster of 2020 and build a more resilientContinue reading “GARDEN GATHERING”
Produce swap
One of our exciting upcoming projects…. We are planning to build a produce share table at the gardens. A site where members of the community can bring produce grown from their back yards to be donated to the community.
Becoming…
We received approval from our members to become an incorporated association. Until now, Mullum SEED (Mullumbimby Sustainability Education & Enterprise Development) has been the lease holder of the land, paid our rent, insurance, water rates and managed our income. Mullum SEED require Shara to take on the lease of the land with Council and areContinue reading “Becoming…”
Donations box
We are ready to take donations We are making a pole drop donations box to collect donations for the gardens. Our fees will be low but we will encourage you to make donations where you can, especially if you are harvesting food and not helping with the gardening. Why do this?
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