Plan to Plant in the Community

News and Events (Expos and Garden Shows)

Burnie Brae Community Garden

Community gardens are wonderful places to meet people and participate in both gardening and social activities in your local area. My local community garden is the Burnie Brae Community Garden at Kuran Street, Chermside. I attend the Friday afternoon session with a small group of fellow volunteers who regularly tend to the gardens. This is a great opportunity to learn about sustainable gardening and food production in backyards. Feel free to visit us in the gardens and participate in the communities activities in the garden. Keep an eye on the developments of this site through visiting the Burnie Brae Website and News & Events.

Nashville State School, Brighton

Nashville State Primary School call their permaculture garden the "GARDEN OF PROMISE"   The school runs a successful gardening program with the kids that has each class out in the gardens during the week where they learn gardening skills as well as nutritional information. I have been working with the school to help develop the permaculture gardens. The gardens are producing vegetables and salad greens that are used in the tuckshop.

I have helped the school develop their garden areas and have been volunteering in the garden with the teachers and children and other volunteers. The link below is a podcast from 612 ABC Brisbane where some staff members are interviewed about their 'garden of promise'.

     http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2010/06/nashville-school-garden.html?site=brisbane&

The Brisbane City Council Composting Workshop was a great success. We had a group of interested gardeners along to the Burnie Brae Community Gardens on the 12 June, 2010 to learn composting do's and don'ts.
The NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY News, Wayne Swan – Federal Member for Lilley, Edition 3, April 2010 - Burnie Brae Community Fair 
Mark gave a presentation at the Kumbartcho Sanctuary Workshop Series on 'Tips and techniques used in the design, establishment and maintenance of your garden' using native plant selections.		Part one of Marks presentation was on The Sustainable Garden. Workshop 4, June 2009.
Plan to Plant has regular displays at several Expos, including the ABC Gardening Expo, Brisbane Home and Design Shows and Beerwah Country Garden Expo ...		In April 2009, Lord Mayor Campbell Newman opened the Burnie Brae Community Garden and helped plant a commemorative tree on our opening day...
Mark giving a speech on Opening Day on behalf of the volunteers...		Mark giving a demonstration on No-Dig Gardens at a DIY Day at Greenscapes Nursery at Morayfield...

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Plant and Soil Health Care

Australian Bio-Active Compost Tea, Corinda

Phone: (07) 3713 7734
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Nurseries

Closeburn Country Garden

Nursery, Produce and Landscape Supplies

Lot 1 Mount Samson Rd Closeburn
Phone: (07) 3289 1057

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Kumbartcho Sanctuary (Pine Rivers Community Nursery)

15 Bunya Pine Court, Eatons Hill
Phone: 3264 3953
www.kumbartcho.org.au

Clubs

Brisbane Organic Growers Inc.

Peace Hall, 102 McDonald Rd, Windsor
www.bogi.org.au