The Denmark Community Garden – growing and engaging South Coast community gardeners

by helen | Oct 2, 2019 | Green Skills Inc. - Sustainability Non-Profit

The Denmark Community Garden is operated by Green Skills in collaboration with the Denmark CRC and was opened in March 2019. The Garden is conveniently and prominently located in the heart of Denmark behind the Morgan Richardson Centre (old Denmark hospital site) which is now the Denmark Community Resource Centre. It is in easy walking distance of many residents in social housing and retirement villages and designed to be wheelchair accessible and family-friendly.

The garden is a sustainable, organic, community-based food garden which encourages its members and local South Coast residents to participate more actively in community life, connect with the earth, grow fresh garden produce, and enjoy doing all this in company with others in the community.  Here community gardeners can develop and try out new horticulture and food gardening skills and help give back to Denmark by contributing to this Community Garden.

The Denmark Community Garden is inclusive and accessible, holding regular free workshops and events for learning new gardening skills. Over 80 south coast residents have actively joined in workshops and events since this community garden was launched in March 2019.  Go check on the Green Denmark Community Garden’s activities and upcoming workshops at: https://greenskills.org.au/denmark-community-garden/

Greg nurturing the broad beans

Preparing a range of herbs & veggies for planting at the Denmark Community Garden

Appreciating Marvellous Garden Givers Copy

by Basil | Sep 16, 2019 | Green Skills Inc. - Sustainability Non-Profit

Appreciating some magnificent contributors to our Denmark-Kwoorabup community

Here Green Skills takes the opportunity to  thank and appreciate those volunteers and groups who support the Denmark Community Garden and who are consistently marvellous. This is a tribute to them and all the many quiet people who give heaps to our town and our world. Thank you

Support to establish the garden has come from Green Skills, the Denmark CRC,  Kwoorabup Denmark Transition Town Network, the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal, the Denmark Community Windfarm Group Sustainability Fund,   Metroof, Thornton’s Hardware & Mitre 10, the Denmark Men’s Shed, contractors, other groups & volunteers 

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Michael (of RAC rescue fame), Don and Greg. Last Wednesday in the pouring rain, Michael volunteered his truck and skills to help move some big shadehouse benchtops to the DCG

The Denmark Men Shed guys – rough sense of humour but true legends. Here they are helping relocate a shadehouse.

Greg helping relocate a shadehouse.. a true Aussie stalwart !

Neal – Denmark’s garden maestro and enthusiastic teacher of horticultural knowledge

Shirle, Greg and Neal at our composting workshops.. all deeply feeling beings who have green hearts and fingers

Lucia guiding the group through her spectacularly productive garden

Lucia (centre) with her garden produce, Dawn (right),another dedicated volunteer and contributor to not just the community garden but much more.

Lucia( right) who let us loose in her wonderful home garden last weekend – and Petra ( centre) who does a fabulous job of helping drive the Denmark Community Resource Centre, and Shirley ( healer and giver)

Campbell communicating with the garlic in the DCG (Denmark Communitarian Garden)

Greg communicating with the broad beans

Neal, Gloria and other garden enthusiasts

Carl, another legendary community supporter, who never fails to lend a hand

Thanks to all the Wwoofers who give so generously to the places they volunteer, in this case the Denmark Community Garden

Kristi, in her element at the Golden Hill Waldorf School.. winning Gold at the Waste Minimisation Olympics and another unsung community heroine

Kristi in composting action