A welcoming, community garden programme where we share knowledge, build wellbeing, and connect through the seasons.

With guidance from the Maramataka Calendar (planting by the moon cycle).

Mondays 5.00 - 6.00pm and Fridays 9.00 - 11.00am

***Feel free to come along to any sessions that suit you - below is the weekly programme***

Please Note: No session Friday 6 Feb (Waitangi Day) OR Monday 23 March (Otago Anniversary Day)

Weekly Programme Overview (this will be driven by the garden and lunar calendar so is just a guide)

WEEK 1:

Mon 19 Jan Whakawhanaungatanga, intro to Maramataka, checking out the garden and harvesting the potatoes

Fri 23 Jan Garden walk, Make some tomato sauce (Lucy's recipe) Soil check (add some compost and sow plants that produce above ground)

Weekly Focus - Connect, harvest, make, soil and replanting.

WEEK 2:

Mon 26 Jan Above ground crop sowing and soil care - Continue harvesting and sharing

Fri 30 Jan Composting, Liquid Feed today - Continue harvesting and sharing

Weekly Focus - Preparation (Cultivating) & readiness (New Moon) Liquid Feed on Friday

WEEK 3:

Mon 2 Feb Cultivate - Harvest and share

Fri 6 Feb – No session Waitangi Day (good day to apply liquid feed)

Weekly Focus - Full Moon

WEEK 4:

Mon 9 Feb Put in root crops and pruning- Harvest and share

Fri 13 Feb Put in root crops and pruning - Harvest and share

Weekly Focus - Harvest

WEEK 5:

Mon 16 Feb Dig and Cultivate - liquid feed - Harvest and share

Fri 20 Feb Dig and Cultivate - Harvest and share

Weekly Focus - Harvest

WEEK 6:

Mon 23 Feb Aboveground crop sowing and soil care - Continue harvesting and sharing

Fri 27 Feb Aboveground crop sowing and soil care - Continue harvesting and sharing

Weekly Focus - Harvest

WEEK 7:

Mon 2 Mar Cultivate only and liquid feed - Continue harvesting and sharing

Fri 6 Mar Cultivate only - Continue harvesting and sharing

Weekly Focus - Autumn planting

WEEK 8:

Mon 9 Mar Root Crops No Pruning

Fri 13 Mar Root Crops No Pruning

Weekly Focus - Reflection & consolidation

WEEK 9:

Mon 16 Mar Root Crops and Liquid Feed

Fri 20 Mar Dig and cultivate

Weekly Focus - Harvest & preparation for winter

Week 10/11

Fri 27 Mar Sow Green Manure - Final tidy-up, celebration, shared kai

Mon 30 Mar Closing kōrero, reflection, next steps

Weekly Focus - Closure, celebration & next steps