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COGS Seed Saving Meeting

editor — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:24:49 +0000

The inaugural meeting about seed saving is as follows:

Date: 19th September
Time: 10.30am to 12.30pm
Where: Woden Town Library
Meeting: In the Community rooms upstairs
BYO: A cup or a mug for tea or coffee
Morning tea supplied.
If you have any questions, please contact Warren Clendenning on wclendenning@me.com or 0408293063.

Food Forest Course

editor — Wed, 19 May 2010 07:33:49 +0000

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.

Pialligo Apples Field Day

editor — Tue, 04 May 2010 07:39:32 +0000

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.

My Favourite Things: Garden Workshop – Lanyon Homestead

editor — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:41:35 +0000

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

COGS Meeting 27 April – change of speaker

editor — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:23:03 +0000

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.

Canberra Harvest Festival

editor — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:12:41 +0000

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

Kaleen Garden Opening and Organic Standards Launch

editor — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:59:11 +0000

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

Cooma Community Garden

editor — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:42:18 +0000

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

Seed Saving Events

editor — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:46:06 +0000

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.

ABC TV – Dr Maarten Stapper

editor — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:05:52 +0000

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.