Simply Living Community Garden (PDF)

In July 2008 the congregation received a Community Grant from the City of Port Philllip to build the Simply Living Community Garden, an edible garden for the neighbourhood.

The garden is maintained by church members and local residents with support from the Simply Living Project Worker.

Building the Garden
The garden was built in a series of working bees during October 2008. Thanks to the 38 people who came along to help during one or more of the five days. These included church members, neighbours, local resident, clients of South Port UnitingCare and two corporate teams (from Bovis Lend Lease and SEEK Employment) each supported by their employers to work in the community for a day. Special thanks to Wendy and Neil from the Port Phillip EcoCentre for sharing their expertise in designing the garden, planning the work schedule and showing us all how to do the building.

Growing the Garden - working bees
Everyone is welcome to help grow the garden by joining in the community working bees, held for one hour once a month. 
3rd Sunday of the month , 11am - 12 noon followed by a shared lunch April - November
3rd Tuesday of the month, 6-7pm, Dec - March

Open Garden Wednesdays
Every Wednesday afternoon the garden is open to anyone who would like to come along and join in some free gardening and food growing activities.
12 noon – 1.15pm activities for preschoolers and their families
1.30-4pm, activities for all ages, including a weekly garden topic, opportunities to get your hands dirty and afternoon tea.  Make new friends, learn something new or share your gardening knowledge.  Rain, hail or shine there will be activities outdoors or under cover.

Newsletter
"Leaflet", the Simply Living garden newsletter is distributed to those who are interested in the garden or
can be downloaded here.

Leaflet No. 1, July 2008 (137 kB)
Leaflet No. 2, August 2008 (275 kB)
Leaflet No. 3, September 2008 (365 kB)
Leaflet No. 4, November 2008 (475 kB)
Leaflet No. 5, January 2009 (763 kB)
Leaflet No. 6. March 2009 (867 kB)
Leaflet No.7, April 2009 (567 kB)
Leaflet No 8, June 2009 (846 KB)
Leaflet No.9, July 2009 (607KB)
Leaflet No. 10, September 2009 (522KB)
Leaflet No. 11, November 2009 (466 KB)
Leaflet No. 12, December 2009 (400 KB)

Leaflet No.13, February 2010 (1Mb)
Leaflet No. 14, March 2010 (109KB)
Leaflet No. 15, May 2010 (594 KB)
Leaflet No. 16, July 2010 (860KB)
Leaflet No. 17, September 2010 (1MB)
Leaflet No. 18, October 2010 (746KB)
Leaflet No: 19, December 2010 (705 KB)

Leaflet no: 20 February 2011 (568KB)
Leaflet no: 21 March 2011 (746KB)
Leaflet no: 22 May 2011 (661KB)
Leaflet no: 23 June 2011 (529KB)
Leaflet no: 24 August 2011 (765KB)
Leaflet no: 25 November 2011 ( 439KB)

Leaflet no: 26 February 2012 (986KB)

What's on:

Community working bees:
3rd Sunday of month 11 am -12 noon, April-Nov
3rd Tuesday of month 6-7 pm, Dec-March

Open Garden Wednesdays
12— 4 pm

Kitchen Mates-(PDF)
Social cooking using produce from the garden
Fridays fortnightly 11am - 2.00pm
Book at South Port Uniting Church office ph 9690 1188

For all enquiries phone Janet Hoare on 9690 1188 or email janet.hoare@southportuniting.org.au