Canberra Organic Growers Society

A  food forest course will be held at The Yurt, Mulloon Creek Natural Farms on 19-20 June.  For details about the course and to enrol see http://forestedgepermaculture.com/courses.

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Pialligo Apples in association with the ACT Rural Landholder’s Association, the ACT Natural Resource Management Council and the Molonglo Catchment Group will be holding a Field Day on Saturday, 8 May 2010, 9.30am-12.30pm at 10 Beltana Rd, Pialligo, ACT.  Speakers will be Jonathan Banks, David Dumaresq and David Pearson.  The Field Day will be followed by a light lunch .  Registration is essential.  See here for more details and registration.

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Sunday 2 May from 10.30am-12.30pm at Lanyon Homestead.

Graham Williams leads a relaxed outdoor workshop where you will learn how to reproduce your favourite garden plants. Graham will discuss both vegetative and non-vegetative propagation, including collecting, preparing and storing seeds and taking cuttings. The workshop will be followed by tea and coffee on the verandah.

Cost: $20 (ACT M&G Members/Concession $15)

historicplacesbookings[at]act.gov.au or 6235 5677

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Please note the change of speaker for the COGS meeting of 27 April.  The speaker will now be  John Feehan.  He will be speaking about Dung Beetles, past, present and future (see COGS Home page).  These insects play a crucial role in recycling soil nutrients.  They also make it possible for us to be able to eat outdoors in Canberra without being carried away by flies.  John is a recognised authority on Dung Beetles both in Australia and internationally.  He worked on the CSIRO Dung Beetle Program for 31 years. On its conclusion John formed a private company SOILCAM and continues researching, collecting and releasing suitable Dung Beetles species into grazing regions across Australia and internationally.

This will be an interesting talk on an important topic for all those concerned about soil fertility and our future food security.  Non- COGS members are most welcome to attend.

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Start nurturing those zucchinis, the Biggest and Best Vegetable competition is on again at the Harvest Festival.
On Saturday March 27th come along for a gourmet lunch and pit your pumpkins against anothers pomegranates for prizes provided by the beautiful Ecotel Narooma. Competition is open to all organically grown fruits and vegetables.  See www.ecoaction.com.au for more details

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A reminder that Simon Corbell, the ACT Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water will open the new COGS Kaleen garden and launch the new Australian Standard for Organic and Biodynamic Products in the ACT at 1:30pm Friday 23 Oct at the Kaleen High School.  The Kaleen High School is located in Baldwin Drive, Kaleen .  All are welcome to attend.

Keith Colls

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Kath from the Cooma Community Garden Group here.  We’re having a seedling swap day in Cooma on Saturday 24th October noon – 2pm.   It’s free and there will be delicious food to purchase on site.  It’s our community garden at the Uniting Church in Soho Street Cooma. THANKS

Kath
6453 5524
http://www.monarocommunities.org.au/coomagardens.html

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Michel and Jude Fanton from the Seed Savers Network will be presenting a series of events (including seed saving workshops) in Sydney and Woollongong from 17 to 28 September.  If you are interested in attending any of these events see http://www.seedsavers.net/seed-blog/seed-saving-events-sydney-september-2009#attachments for more details.

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Dr Maarten Stapper will be the subject of Australian Story, “Back to Earth”, on Monday 1 June 2009 at 8.00 pm (EST) and repeated on Saturday 6 June at 12.30 pm; also on ABC2: Tuesday 2 June at 8.00pm.  Maarten has been involved in research related to organic/biological farming for many years.  The program addresses issues such as, What is the future of Biological Farming? How do we get healthy food production systems? How do we get carbon in the soil? Do we need GM? Where do science institutions lead us? 

Sounds like it will be interesting viewing for everyone involved in organic gardening.

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