Category: Workshop

Pruning Working Party

Sat 31 Aug, 9.30 – 2.30 pm
Phillips Rd, Mundaring
ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER
Two of our local members – a wonderful plantswoman & her husband – have gifted our Boomerang Bag makers with some very appreciated items. They also previously donated fruit trees which were successfully relocated to the Community Garden in Glen Forrest. We’d like to return the favour, offering potential working party attendees some pruning guidance, tool sharpening skills and a free lunch with other locals to boot.
The couple have a very diverse, well loved orchard, collected and grafted over many years. Peter Coppin set up the impressive infrastructure for the espaliered section so there’s a lot to learn from in this garden. Sadly though, because of health issues, it has become a bit much to handle alone for the owners.
We’d like to Lend a Hand with the pruning and need a bunch of volunteers willing to spend a few hours helping out. If you’re comfortable with pruning, you can hang out with other grower types OR polish up your skills with our volunteer Pruning Pro.
Greg Hedley from the new Chidlow Community Garden has lots of horticultural & tree management experience.
We persuaded him to guide newbies in:
Tool Sharpening – quick basics 30mins before we start pruning
Pruning Basics for Newbies – hopefully with a lot of learning-by-doing (so bring your secateurs)

SOUP LUNCH & REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED (vegie & non-veg)
Register for Pruning Working Party Here

Bacon & sausages (like they used to make)

How much fun did we have at this Makin’ Bacon & Sausages workshop on Saturday! (Booked out in a day from the “first dibs” offering on the newsletter) Thank you so much Jo Thierfelder for this AMAZING video.

We share your passion to make real, good, food more accessible locally and build some great social capital into the bargain. Think it worked! Of course, not everybody in MiT (or the Climate Change scene) agrees with the meat bit, but there’s a whole other argument developing about the sustainability of Regenerative Ag that definitely includes animals

FREE Waterwise Gardening Workshop Sat 24 Feb

Learn how to have a healthy garden that is still waterwise from South Metropolitan TAFE horticulture professionals.
With over 40% of household water used outdoors, our gardens are great places to start looking at where we can make water savings. Ensuring you are watering to best suit the needs of your garden and lawn, without wasting water can result in big savings. These 90 minute DIY Waterwise Garden workshops are hosted by Waterwise Councils in the Perth metro area, free of charge.

24 Feb, 9:00am to 12:30pm Shire of Mundaring Shire of Mundaring Civic Area, 7000 Great Eastern Highway, Mundaring Email ruthbroz@mundaring.wa.gov.au or phone 9290 6651 by 22 February

Bag It! (in style)

Our next Sewing Day back in the lovely surroundings of Helena House Hall at Helena College Darlington Campus. First Tuesday of the month. Please check in at the Admin. Building first before coming to the Hall on the Lower Ground Level entrance from the rear is best.

TUES Sept. 5
10AM – 2PM
Helena College Darlington Campus, Helena House Hall
145 Ryecroft Road, Darlington, WA 6070

We need lots of these alternative bags to help our community transition to the plastic-free shopping habit of bringing their own bags. Come and join in some creative fun (with a social purpose). There are plenty of non-sewing jobs, but these things are always needed:

  • scissors
  • sewing machine
  • overlocker
  • material (to donate)
  • cotton

These community-created Boomerang Bags are placed at participating local shops and are available free to Borrow & Bring Back. They encourage a habit of re-use amongst local shoppers and are part of a transitional strategy to encourage the use of natural alternatives AND Ban Single-use Plastic Bags in our Shire (and the world)!

This is a joint campaign by the Wasteless Pantry and Mundaring in Transition.
Hope we see you soon, so sign up for Workshop Reminders.

Giving Back – Service & Action

Boomerang Bag making with just a few days notice, a rainy day and yet … we had a hugely productive day. Especially thanks to the younger generation “doin’ time with Nan”. That’s Community Service time, an idea we’re keen to see replicated all over the Shire. Will these Facebook pics do as proof for Helena College, or do we need to sign your logs. Bonus …. there were yummy cookies as well! What are you waiting for? Organise a sewing group soon. We can help you. Contact transition@mt.org.au

No waste, no worries … make cider

Thanks to our wonderful MiT volunteer apple pickers, a large proportion of the 700kg we sourced for our Community Apple Cider Making Day were windfalls. Saved from the waste pile, but perfectly fine for cider.
A whole bunch of Hills locals gathered at Jodie & Mark Hutton’s characterful home on the rural outskirts of Mundaring to be part of the hectic, hands-on buzz of transforming a huge trailer load of fruit into wonderful cider juice. Peter Lewis-Affleck did a fabulous job of explaining the history & the processes of cider making, and coordinated all the energetic activity. An impromtu (and incredibly generous) donation of organic pears by Rob of POP – Parkerville Organic Produce was wildly popular, adding to the great community spirit of the day. Still plenty of time for sharing stories, making new contacts, swapping food ideas, drinking good coffee and best of all: having hosts who just kept the woodfired pizzas coming for hours! Legends.

Making change happen

These bags are taking off! We’re ready to help take it to the next level and help YOU initiate some bagmaking. We’re happy to help with volunteers and advice to get you started. Get your resources together. Get your kids helping during the holidays.
Can’t spare the time, but love to contribute? Consider a small donation.
Lots of ways to get involved.

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