Community Garden

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We are pleased to finally be able to update you all on the progress with the Community Garden Project! We know it’s been a while between updates, but we have been working with Council and Permaculture Garden designer, Chris Day, over the last few months to create a design and staged plan for the Community Garden and ensure we’ve developed an agreement with council that gives the community the best opportunities to enjoy the spaces. The Environment Centre has now signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Council outlining the agreed upon terms of use for the 5 main areas in the Youth Park that will be manage under the banner of the Yankalilla Community Garden Group. At present we have plans for the first stage of the garden done and we will be endeavouring to have the site for stage 1 (main veggie garden area, in front of SA water tank) cleared, levelled and covered with compacted rubble before Christmas. This means we can start bringing interested community members on board to register as volunteers! If you would like to register please fill out the form (download here) and considered coming along to our community event on the 12th of November (see details below ). Thanks for your patience with us as we've persisted through the challenges of establishing this project. We are glad to finally be able to see the light (or hopefully the garden full of an abundance of food for the community) at the end of the tunnel.

Join us for the first Community Event!

Community Garden Info Session & Registration Event

When: November 12th 10:30-12:00noon 

Where: Yankalilla Youth Park, 180 Main South Road Yankalilla 

What: Come and hear the vision for the garden, plans for stage 1 of the project , find out how to register as a volunteer and get involved in the establishment of the garden. We'll also be planting understory species near the car park and share some morning tea and enjoy the sunshine. 

Do I need to register?- Please let us know if you are coming and if you have any dietary requirements so we can organise morning tea. Registration link below. 

https://events.humanitix.com/community-garden-info-session-and-registration-event