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On Sunday the 24 November 2024 the Padbury Community Garden was officially opened by our amazing Community!


The event began with a memorable and moving welcome and cultural immersion shared by Elder Dorothy Bagshaw, Sharon Wood-Kenney and her daughter Paige. The opening speeches then followed by Caitlin Collin MLA, Kirsten Button from Saba Rose Button Foundation, the Hon. Mayor Albert Jacob and our PCG Chair David Hay.




It was then time for the festivities to begin, with so many fun and free activities to engage in. The heat was challenging, but didn't deter the crowds from streaming in.









We have so many people to thank for providing wonderful experiences for the guests on Sunday and many others to thank for assisting in helping the day come to fruition.


Thank you so much, in no particular order, to;

* Anthony from AP Paving together with the PCG Teams, PCG Members and Volunteers for getting the garden ready for the event.

* Elder Nan Dorothy Bagshaw, Sharon Wood-Kenney and Paige for opening the event with your cultural knowledge, connection with Country and for sharing your stories with us.

* Caitlin Collin MLA, Kirsten Button, Hon. Mayor Albert Jacob and David Hay for conducting the opening speeches.

* Elder Nan Dorothy Bagshaw, Sharon Wood-Kenney, Paige, Jess and Lacey from SW Cultural Immersion for providing Cultural Immersion experiences for the guests throughout the event.




* Shar, Saba Rose Button Foundation & the ProAACtive Speech Pathology therapy team for creating and providing the PODD lanyards & boards for kids to explore.

* Saba Rose Button Foundation for donating a wheelchair accessible raised garden bed in time for the event and thank you to Lincoln, Madison, Ali and their families for helping us be the first to plant out these accessible beds.



* Beate, Cindy, Debbie and the PCG Community Crafting Group for crafting all the hundreds of triangles of bunting to decorate the garden for the event.

* Cindy for creating a beautiful scarecrow (aka Clyde) for the event, and crocheting 200 worms to gift to guests at the event just to make people smile.

* Julie and Crochet Club for running a wonderful stall and spreading your crochet love throughout the garden for the day.



* Rho, Nyah, Trix and Ashanté for sharing your beautiful voices, entertaining the guests and creating a wonderful atmostphere at the event. Thank you to Jarrom for donating the use of the entire sound system and also staying all day to run the system. Thank you to Rotary Hillarys/Wanneroo for lending us their stage for the event.



* Holly Ogden from Seeded Sunflowers for painting our pathway with your stunning sunflowers and for bringing your beautiful sunflower barrel along to brighten the event.



* To all those who donated and lent the giant games for all to enjoy.



* Dean from Carnaby's Crusaders for bringing your amazing black cockatoos, to increase awareness of their endangered status in Australia and WA.



* Narelle from Fun Reads 4 Kids for donating your time to provide entertaining and engaging readings of your book 'I'd rather eat chocolate'.



* Indi, Bowie and Giselle from Mini Team SABA for helping on the free Tattoo Stall. Thank you to Harriet and Audrey for helping at the Colouring in table and Caitlin Collins MLA's Office for printing out the colouring in competition. Thank you to Karen, Bec, Bella, Trixie and Tony for helping on the free Popcorn and Fairy Floss Stalls. Thank you to the Rodgers Family for donating use of fairy floss machine and supplies.



* Nathan Linehan from Mercer Mooney for donating all the delicious free fresh fruit available at the event for the guests.

* Lions Club of Whitfords for running the sausage sizzle and donating the use of marquees, tables and chairs.



* Friends of Hepburn Bushland for holding a stall to raise awareness of our precious bushland.



* Kyal’s Coffee Kart for providing delicious coffee all afternoon.



* Shani From Ecoburbia for running informative and entertaining gardening workshops.



* Mentally Healthy WA - Act Belong Commit for the marquees, banners and mental health information available for our guests.

* PCG Committee and volunteers help to set up and pack up on the day, for conducting garden tours and for helping the event run smoothly over the length of the event.

* City of Joondalup Community Funding Grant Program for assistance with part funding for the event to occur.

* Bonny Eadie from Beadie Images for donating her time and expertise to be our photographer for the day. Your photos will be a lasting memory of this amazing day.



A massive thank you to the PCG Committee, Sue, Sandy, Dave, Ellen, Christine, Trix, Sara, Simon, Beate, Karen, Bryan, Bek, Sharlene and Sonya, for making this event happen, securing funding, planning the event and bringing it all together for the community to enjoy.




What a fun filled newsletter we have for you this season!! So many wonderful articles, reflecting on the memories, releasing exciting new events, and sharing knowledge.


Some of the wonderful articles we have in this season's newsletter include:

  • the announcement of our community garden's GRAND OPENING!!!

  • a spotlight on one of our valued supporters

  • an update on happenings in the community garden

  • a special outing for the PCG Committee

  • Tam's amazingly inspiring Open Garden at Wonderland

  • a great article about Natural Pest Management from our very own Tam

  • and more....


Click on the front page below to head to the Newsletter Section of our website to view the 2024 Kambarang Newsletter.


We hope you enjoy the recap.


Don't forget we have a Busy Bee scheduled this Sunday (13 Oct) at 8am and would love to see you there https://www.padburycommunitygarden.org/event-details-registration/another-spring-busy-bee


Looking forward to seeing you in the garden soon.



Today saw the first community Busy Bee of spring and the start of preparations to rotate the crops in the raised garden beds. It was wonderful to see the community come together in the garden again, after the cold weather, where meeting indoors at Crafting session was a much more desirable option.


Thank you to Ant, Beate, Bek, Ben, Beryl, Christine, Dave, Dayle, Ellen, Eli, Ethan, Jason, John, Karen, Leiato, Max, Michelle, Petrese, Roz, Sara, Tam, and Tauari, not to forget Juzzie and Chief, for being there today to contribute to the Busy Bee.



Coming together and being a part of this community initiative is what it is all about.




We listened to the community... we have organised a SUNDAY BUSY BEE for next weekend!

We can't wait to see all those eager local community members who would love to attend on a Sunday!

 

This Busy Bee we will once again be enjoy meeting new community members and catching up with old friends, having a good chat and laugh, planting some new seedlings and finishing some odd jobs around the place.

 

All welcome, whether young or old, able-bodied or not so able-bodied, regardless of gender... you all have a valuable contribution to make. Share with your friends and bring them along. The more, the merrier!

 

Please bring a mug. Morning tea and a cuppa supplied.


RSVP here

  

Looking forward to seeing you there 🌱



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