Fw: [permaculture-oceania] Re:A Must See - An Inconenient Truth-MoreWays Than One

[P Ferguson]

Sue wrote

we can run "permaculture open garden scheme"  ie showcasing
what some  people have achieved in their backyards/properties.  We could 
pick a month eg November when things should be growing well, and get a whole 
lot of gardens on the list, so we can blitz and offer the venue, or 
alternatively for next year, actually put the gardens into the Open Garden 
Scheme, perhaps asking Peter Cundall or Jerry Coleby from Gardening 
Australia for advice?  Sue

It is not a case of 'putting the gardens into the OGS.  Gardens are 
nominated, inspected and, if the organisers think they are suitable, THEN 
they go into the booklet for the following year.   I think the book [about 
$14] comes out about March each year and is different every year.   Some 
gardens only appear once, others are there for years, but I think they like 
change

The Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama Councils used to run a combined 
Garden Competition with various categories, and simultaneously [with 
different judges] another with a name like Waste Wise Gardens which were 
judged on things like recycling, water saving, etc.

But possibly through lack of interest or entries, or not enough volunteers 
to run them, they folded up.

[Brag book:  I won prizes in both for years, but never the championship 
garden.  One year I won 10 sm of pavers from one sponsor, but it would have 
cost me $140 to pay the cartage from Sydney! so needless to say I didn't 
collect that prize.]

P Ferguson
Illawarra.