Gardening workshops

The communal garden at The Hive Community Resource Hub (380 Waterloo Corner Road, Burton) is available for all community members to help you learn how to grow your fruit, vegetables, and herbs at home.

For more information, visit The Hive Community Resource Hub webpage.

A range of free workshops are available in the communal garden at The Hive, facilitated by permaculture guru Kym Ormond.

• All the Dirt on Compost: Saturday 12 April, 10.30am to 12.30pm
• Veggie Patch from Scratch: Saturday 3 May, 10.30am to 12.30pm
• Wicking Bed Intro: Saturday 24 May, 10.30am to 12.30pm

For bookings or enquiries contact The Hive on 8487 1820 or email enquiriesbch@salisbury.sa.gov.au.

Tree Netting Garden Tip

Salisbury Seniors Magazine Issue 19, page five has a short article about Backyard Fruit Trees. The article briefly discusses two tips to get the most from your fruit trees, which include pruning and protecting them. To find out more about netting fruit trees read the detailed article here.

Local Native Plants Photo Montage

Salisbury Seniors Magazine Issue 21, page six has an article about the beauty of natives. View a photo montage of natives for some inspiration.

Seasonal Tips

• Summer gardening tips
• Spring gardening tips
• Keeping fit for gardening, mobility and stretching exercises

Starting a food garden at home is rewarding and does not have to be hard.

It can be as simple as finding a bare patch of ground, weeding with a hoe, loosening the soil, planting some seeds and watering. However, if you want healthy, robust, tasty and nutritious plants then it is worth considering a few things first about your situation and resources and having some basic knowledge and skills. This is what the resources in the notes aim to do- provide you with; some useful practical information to enable you to grow a variety of fresh nutritious foods at home.

We aim to cater for budding gardeners with varying ambitions, from turning their yard into a thriving food source, to those wanting a few pots of their favourite herbs. Our shared aim is to grow food with the best nutritional value and taste and to eat it fresh from the garden.

If you are growing in the ground you will need to understand the type of soil you have and how to prepare it for growing produce. There are comprehensive notes on the soils in Salisbury Council and recommendations based on where you live.

If you are not growing in the ground there are notes for growing in containers of various types, including wicking beds.

There are notes on how to grow and manage various vegetables and fruit trees, as well as making composts and worm farms, organic fertilising and pest control, and looking after your health and our environment.