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The Shared GardenA welcoming, community garden programme where we share knowledge, build wellbeing, and connect through the seasons.
With guidance from the Maramataka Calendar (planting by the moon cycle).
Mondays 5.00 - 6.00pm and Fridays 9.00 - 11.00am at the Alexandra Community Gardens - 105 Dunstan Road Alexandra
***Feel free to come along to any sessions that suit you - below is the weekly programme***
Please Note: No session Friday 6 Feb (Waitangi Day) OR Monday 23 March (Otago Anniversary Day)
Weekly Programme Overview
this will be driven by the garden and lunar calendar is just a guide
WEEK 1:
Mon 19 Jan Whakawhanaungatanga, intro to Maramataka, checking out the garden and harvesting the potatoes
Fri 23 Jan Garden walk, Make some tomato sauce (Lucy's recipe) Soil check (add some compost and sow plants that produce above ground)
Weekly Focus - Connect, harvest, make, soil and replanting.
WEEK 2:
Mon 26 Jan Above ground crop sowing and soil care - Continue harvesting and sharing
Fri 30 Jan Composting, Liquid Feed today - Continue harvesting and sharing
Weekly Focus - Preparation (Cultivating) & readiness (New Moon) Liquid Feed on Friday
WEEK 3:
Mon 2 Feb Cultivate - Harvest and share
Fri 6 Feb – No session Waitangi Day (good day to apply liquid feed)
Weekly Focus - Full Moon
WEEK 4:
Mon 9 Feb Put in root crops and pruning- Harvest and share
Fri 13 Feb Put in root crops and pruning - Harvest and share
Weekly Focus - Harvest
WEEK 5:
Mon 16 Feb Dig and Cultivate - liquid feed - Harvest and share
Fri 20 Feb Dig and Cultivate - Harvest and share
Weekly Focus - Harvest
WEEK 6:
Mon 23 Feb Aboveground crop sowing and soil care - Continue harvesting and sharing
Fri 27 Feb Aboveground crop sowing and soil care - Continue harvesting and sharing
Weekly Focus - Harvest
WEEK 7:
Mon 2 Mar Cultivate only and liquid feed - Continue harvesting and sharing
Fri 6 Mar Cultivate only - Continue harvesting and sharing
Weekly Focus - Autumn planting
WEEK 8:
Mon 9 Mar Root Crops No Pruning
Fri 13 Mar Root Crops No Pruning
Weekly Focus - Reflection & consolidation
WEEK 9:
Mon 16 Mar Root Crops and Liquid Feed
Fri 20 Mar Dig and cultivate
Weekly Focus - Harvest & preparation for winter
Week 10/11
Fri 27 Mar Sow Green Manure - Final tidy-up, celebration, shared kai
Mon 30 Mar Closing kōrero, reflection, next steps
Weekly Focus - Closure, celebration & next steps
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105 Dunstan Rd, Alexandra 9320, New Zealand, 105 Dunstan Rd, Alexandra 9320, New Zealand, Alexandra
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