Two years ago, Gwen gave up her own veggie gardening and decided to help create a Donation Garden to provide vegetables for the Communities@Work pantry in Gungahlin.
Community in Mitchell Garden
Gorgeous Gourds
Gourgeous gourds (curcubita) By: Ange McNeilly (Canberra Organic – Spring 2019) Gourds belong to the plant family cucurbitaceae, along with pumpkin, squash, cucumber, watermelon and zucchini. Ornamental gourds range from …
Of Leeks and Love
By: Gerry Jacobson (Canberra Organic – Spring 2019) in the gardenthis sunny windyspring morningplanting the leeksfor autumn soups Fifteen years of successive leek harvests at the Cotter garden. Sometimes two …
It’s people at the heart of a community plot
The Canberra Times’ most recent edition of ‘Kitchen Garden’ featured COGS Kambah Garden convenor Shirley Bolton. This lovely article about one of our own also features Shirley’s delicious Healthy Moist …
Some like it hot!
By: Jo Kirwan When we started out on our journey of discovery into the world of gardening and growing our own vegetables at Betty Cornhill community garden (BCG), a seasoned …
Turnips
Growing Turnips Turnips (Brassica campestris) belong to the brassica family, along with broccoli, cauliflower and cabbages, and are closely related to swedes and daikons. They are easy to grow and …
Coombs/Molonglo Garden – Proposed
About the Garden As at July 2018, COGS advise that there has been no further activity by the ACT Government towards the development of a community garden in Coombs. The …