Welcome
Welcome to the Canberra Organic Growers Society web site. We are a group of gardeners (mainly urban) dedicated to growing our own organic fruit and vegetables, either in backyards or community gardens. This web site contains information on various practical aspects of organic gardening and is particularly relevant to the Canberra region. It also contains information about our community gardens, notices of coming events of interest to gardeners and a blog which includes gardening questions and answers. The web site will be regularly updated so please subscribe to our RSS feed so that you are notified of any significant additions to the site, new events and breaking news.
News and Events
Upcoming events
15 August 2010 01:30 PM
Organic Gardening with David Howard, recently retired Head Gardener to HRH Prince of Wales. Learn about organic gardening management and share afternoon tea with David Howard.
Topics for Discussion ...
“Organic Gardening Philosophy”
An interactive conversation based on David’s experience of organic garden management. Starting with the soil and its structure, this also covers good garden management and elements of recycling waste and tough woody material, making compost, staking and tying, pots, hand tools, biological pest control and seed saving.
Registration Details: $30 per person incl GST, afternoon tea included.
Location: MULLOON CREEK NATURAL FARMS, 3585 Kings Highway, Bungendore, NSW.
Bookings essential, contact Donna: 0413 535 957, donna@mullooncreeknaturalfarms.com
visit www.mcnf.com.au for more about the farm or www.themullooninstitute.org to learn about our not for profit institute.
24 August 2010 07:30 PM
COGS Seed Saving with Warren Clendenning and Richard Aspden. Warren and Richard will discuss plans to re-establish COGS seed saving activities. If you wish to be involved with seed saving, please come along to the meeting.
Majura Community Centre, Rosevear Place, Dickson
07 October 2010 01:00 PM
Community Garden Conference - Promoting sustainability, health and inclusion in the city. Co-hosted by the University of Canberra and Canberra Organic Growers Society.
Community gardens play an important role in promoting urban health, social inclusion, active civic participation and practices of sustainable living in urban environments. This 2-day conference to be held on October 7-8 at the University of Canberra brings together representatives of different forms of community gardening practices in Australia to share knowledge, promote dialogue and assess best practice to enable policy makers and urban planners to engage more productively and sustainably with local food systems through community gardens and city farms. High quality, informed planning policy and practice improves the sustainability and liveability of our cities. This conference will contribute to this by exploring community gardening practices, academic evaluations of local food systems and current policy initiatives. We are looking for people to participate in the conference and encourage you to seek further information by contacting COGS using the Contacts page of this web site.
Canberra University (Room TBA)
Majura Community Centre
Other activities
Organic Gardening for Beginners at CIT Solutions, run by an experienced COGS member (a course fee applies).
There one scheduled for Semester 2. It will start on 28 August. Each course runs for four sessions of 3 hours each. Participants are entitled to free membership of COGS for 6 months and, on payment of the current plot levy, access to a COGS community garden when plots are available. Details will be available soon on http://citace.com.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Cit.woa/wa/subCategory?ID=35&page=2.
Composting and Worm Farms
Composting and Worm farming workshop will be held in conjunction with CIT Solutions on 9 October. Each workshop will be for 3 hours (12:30 to 3:30pm). Details will be available soon on http://citace.com.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Cit.woa/wa/subCategory?ID=35&page=1. A workshop fee applies.
