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.. title: Pukerua Bay Community Garden Food Forest Project
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.. slug: pukerua-bay-community-garden
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.. date: 2014/03/29 01:45:23
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.. image:: /assets/images/communitygarden-map.png
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:align: right
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:alt: Map of the proposed community garden site in the Muri Reserve.
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Hi folks! If you're reading this, you've either searched for it on Google,
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or got here from the URL on the brochure at the School Gala. Either way -
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welcome to the website! I'd like to use this as a hub for lively discussions,
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organising events, planning sessions and working bees, and sharing of ideas
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and hopes and goals.
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This site will change once we get started. I will gather the ideas
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from the gala day and put them up here, and reorganise things into
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categories as we go.
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Proposed garden site in Muri Reserve
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The Pukerua Bay Residents' Association have decided on
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a location for the community garden, in the Muri Reserve behind the closed Muri
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train station, as indicated on the map. There is a
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`Google map with more details here <http://goo.gl/Odu8Wx>`_.
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The idea of a community garden in Pukerua Bay has been around for a while, but
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has gathered steam over the last couple of years. I'd like to really help us
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get it off the ground by gathering a quorum of interested and willing folks,
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to plan the next steps.
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Inspirational videos
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Martin Crawford of the Agroforestry Research Centre in Devon UK, shows us
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around his forest garden project, and explains some of the science and practical
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principles behind it:
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.. youtube:: b_fhAch5qiY
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:width: 560
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And in New Zealand, Robert and Robyn Guyton show us around their two acre
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food forest in Riverton, Southland:
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.. youtube:: L74WkW1rWKU
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:height: 315
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:width: 560
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Planning
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There are several things that we will need to plan:
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- Site assessments of micro-climate, shelter, layout.
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- Ground slope and consideration of constructing swales for water retention.
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- Ground clearance and re-seeding groundcover.
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- Access to the site for larger equipment.
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- Orchard planning and plant selection.
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- Layout and construction of raised beds. Do we want to share the beds, or
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lease individual allotment space, or both?
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- Get a compost system started.
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- Plant and mulch the orchard trees.
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- Get local beekeepers on board and find a safe spot for some beehives.
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- Potential space for chicken coops.
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Contact us!
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To get in contact, come along to the next `Residents' Association meeting <http://pukeruabay.org.nz/>`_
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or email `Jonathan <mailto:jonathan@harker.kiwi.nz>`_. I will set up an email list from
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people who registered interest at the gala day.
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Links
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- The excellent *Manual for creating a community food forest on public land*
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by Andy Cambeis of the Hawea Flat Food Forest Trust. The manual is very
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thorough, Creative-Commons licensed and available
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`online <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TGhzTV_PdZAkRpxQgKmtzDHg0lcLzat7WXMm5-dvaHg/edit>`_.
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- Tim and the resources on his site, `Pig in the mud <http://piginthemud.com>`_. Tim helps to run
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a Wellington community garden at the top of Majoribanks Street.
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- The national `Permaculture Hui 2014 <http://permaculturehui2014.org.nz/>`_ is on 25-27 April in
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Island Bay and should be very educational.
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