... abundance :)That is how it feels at my place, these days.  Everything is sufficiently watered; the soil is full of organic matter and brimming with life; and the plants are flourishing.  This autumn/winter season has been wonderful for the garden with frequent rain and mild temps.  I admit that the summer was awful and so I let the garden go until the weather cooled down.  The main thing I have done since last year is to turn my messy piles of prunings into amazingly neat and useful rows of…See More

Jimboomba Community Garden was established in 2014 and is an inclusive community hub of like-minded people sharing knowledge and experience in growing fresh produce using sustainable practices. Starting as market garden, it is evolving into a landscaped park for social gatherings, weddings, bird groups, education groups, sports groups, quiet reflection, learning and anything else suitable to do in a garden. Please bring along: - things to share: excess produce, seeds, seedlings, plant material…See More

My family and I moved up from Victoria several years ago, hoping to find a few acres to be able to have some chooks and rooster. So we found this beautiful 3 acres in the valley of the Gold coast hinterlands. My husband Rosco and 2 beautiful girls help me run a little hobby plant nursery. I love my intensive tropical ornamental garden, along with an acre of crops and various fruit trees plants. I have laced Wyandotte chooks, rare Aylesbury ducks and the amazing geese, all have their own play…See More

We are very lucky to have George Allen, past president of the Subtropical Fruit Club joining us for the afternoon. He will be conducting a fruit tree workshop at Karen & Stephens permaculture garden.Karen and Stephen live on a 1 and 1/4 acre block in Jimboomba. Despite an abundance of fruit trees, they are not enjoying an abundance of fruit and they would like to understand why. They are growing (or not growing!!) Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Mandarins, FingerLimes, Grapes, Passionfruit, Dragon…See More