A little hand with hand watering

There's nothing like the golden hour!

Our test plantings in the community garden are growing so well, with our watering schedule in full operation now, thanks to our Planting Team's fantastic coordination led by Sonya and assisted by Heather and Jesse. Thank you to our wonderful scheduled morning waterers Sharlene, Tam, Dayle, Liv, Desiree, Helen and Ellen.

To enable people with all abilities to join in with our watering schedule, we have installed a modified hand watering option where the hose can be manually plugged into a dripper system, so those who cannot carry heavy watering cans and drag the hose around can easily enjoy the zen of watering as well.

The laying of the poly-pipe and drippers ended up being an impromptu intergenerational learning experience, warming hearts and brightening everyone's day. Just what our community garden is all about.

Our sincere gratitude goes to:

A massive thank you to Anthony, from AP Paving, and Jeff, from Coast Projects, for providing and laying the PVC pre-lay for the polypipe during the pathway construction.

We don't know what we would do without the generosity of Anthony for sharing his time and expertise in also installing the accessible watering system, building our limestone seating and helping some of our mini Padbury Community Gardeners to fall in love with the garden and building reticulation too.

A huge thank you for the generosity from Martyn at Western Irrigation Greenwood and Amanda and Greg at Atkinson's Mitre 10 Hillarys and for donating all the reticulation parts for our community garden to ensure we are accessible for all abilities.

Who would have thought a retic disco in the community garden could be so much fun!!!

Intergenerational learning at its best. Filling everyone's bucket.

Padbury Community Garden's thriving plants!!

Thanks for building our seats in time for the Easter Eggs Hunt Anthony. You are amazing!

So much to be grateful for

Over the planning and constructing of this first phase of the community garden, we have received amazing support from other local Charities, businesses and residents. We are so appreciative to each and every one of you.

Thank you to Anthony Pollard from AP Paving for generously providing such valuable advice on our infrastructure, remaining inclusive in our design, assistance in seeking supplies and sponsors for our Charity, providing labour for us in your own time and turning up to every Busy Bee to work like a machine. You are such a valued addition to our garden community.

Saba Rose Button Foundation (SRBF) joined us back in 2023 and has been amazing at providing advice on our unique inclusive designed garden. Going forward, SRBF will be collaborating with PCG to create further stages of the community garden and will continue to provide valuable consultation on inclusivity with respect to design and activities. Thank you so much for being such wonderful people to work with Team Saba. We love your passion and that you inspire us to be better people.

Thank you to the Lions Clubs of Whitford and Duncraig for donating their raised garden beds from their own celebrations. We are very appreciative and will put them to great use.

Thank you to Lions Club of Whitford for all your financial support as well, which has assisted in funding a portion of the community establishment. You have been a constant support from the start of PCG back in 2021, and we are so appreciative. We hope you can join us in the garden and enjoy the tranquility we create.

Thank you to ⁠Brian Armitage, a generous member of the Padbury community, for providing and installing all the construction fencing free of charge. The set up took place on a scorching hot day, and we were so appreciative you rushed to get the fences installed in time for the start of the construction phase. You are wonderful.

Thank you to Jeff Thomas from Coast Projects, for providing the supplies and installing the non-slip guard on our pathway step, completely free of charge. Not to mention all the additional work and hours you put into creating our amazing paths. It's so fantastic to have a local business like Coast Projects on board to construct our inclusive pathways and ensure we are inclusive in our design.

Thank you to Janine Carlino from Padbury Physiotherapy, for making a generous donation towards purchasing edible plants and trees for the community garden. Support from local businesses like yours, will be crucial in the growth and survival of our community garden. We are so grateful for your support.

Thank you to Amanda and Greg from Atkinson’s Mitre 10 in Hillarys, for providing the poly pipe in preparation for our future reticulation, as well as offering support going forward. It's great to be supported by local businesses.

Thank you to ⁠Ann and Rob from Carine Tree Toppers for supplying and delivering awesome quality mulch for the top of our ground garden beds, free of charge. Also a big thank you to Tam from Tam's Garden for organising this free mulch arrangement and volunteering at all the Busy Bees so far. You are amazing!

Thank you to Brendon from Yates for donating a selection of fertilisers and soil wetters, as well as personally delivering the stock. We really appreciate your support for our community project.

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Another magic day setting up the garden

Looking at the amazing space that has already been created at Padbury Community Garden, we can't believe this is only the second weekend of community Busy Bees to set up the garden!

At this morning's Busy Bee, we had some of our dedicated regular Padbury Community Gardeners as well as some wonderful new faces, at the gates bright, early and ready to get stuck in. A massive thank you to Annette, Anthony, Ben, Carolyn, Christine, Dave, Ellen, Heather, Jeff, Jesse, John, Kaia, Liv, Rachael, Sandy, Sara, Sharlene, Sonya, Sue and Tam for contributing to making today's Busy Bee a wonderful success.

With lots of sand, soil and mulch movement, the wheelbarrows, shovels and muscles certainly got a workout. The skip bin is full, so are the raised and ground garden beds and along with it our hearts.

It was great to stop for a delicious morning tea, provided by Sara and Dave. Thanks for bringing it all down fresh out of the oven Sara. I know everyone was so appreciative for the break, chat and amazing smorgasbord of food.

Gees we have some amazingly strong volunteers in our community, certainly made of tough stuff! We truly appreciate you pushing your bodies to the edge for us and hope you left with full hearts, as we did, knowing the impact you have made for all to enjoy. We hope you all managed to enjoy a soothing salt bath and well deserved rest this afternoon.

If you'd like to join us for our next Busy Bee and morning tea, we would love you to join us. Next Saturday from 7:30am. Please RSVP on this link BUSY BEE SATURDAY 16 MARCH