Bells Reach Community Garden

Meeting Minutes
Date: 26/10/2015 at 6:00pm
Location: Bells Reach Sales Office Boardroom
Attendees

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Hannah Williams

(HW)

Apologies

Stephen Pinel

(SP)

Kirby Chaney

(KC)

Craig Richardson

(CR)

Phil Smith

(PS)

Brad Quinlivan

(BQ)

Alexa Josic

(AJ)

Mark Stephens

(MS)

Barb Wright

(BW)

Oonagh Weeks

(OW)

Leigh Chaney

(LC)

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RECAP ON THE PAST MONTH

o

Treasurers report - $2,210 (this is available for future maintenance and

expenses)
o Gardening workshops grow your own series went really well. Circa 20
participants from all areas of the Sunshine Coast
o New introductions
o New shed code is 4572
o The water was tested and is safe for gardening. The smell is due to iron.
o New battery pack and holding tank has been installed in the shed.
EVENTS

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BBQ at the garden every fortnight on Friday evenings at 5:45pm. Bells to run the
BBQs and KC/Pitch PR to promote on facebook
o Social gardening on Saturday mornings at 9am. All participants of the grow your
own series are welcome to join.
o Ideas for future education opportunities/feedback on the workshop we should
run another workshop with Bruce in 6 months time.
HOW IS THE GARDEN GOING
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To improve the efficiency of the garden we are going to reallocate plots and
offer some of the private plots to attendees from the garden workshop.
o Bambini to forfeit their plot as they have not used it
o The large pile of spare top soil is now going to be used for sweet potatoes.
o HW to order a hose
o Hannah to arrange new bamboo stakes for making trellises
o BQ to purchase some S hooks for the shadow board in the shed
o HW to look at getting a notice board
o Hand print art to be installed this month.
o HW to letterbox drop membership applications to all new terraces surrounding
the garden.
o BELLS are going to water the shares plot on Thursday mornings. Please touch
base if you would like to allocate a specific day that you garden the shared plot.
COLLABORATIONS
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Unity College
o New plots are now 13 and 14
o Additional sculptures coming from year 12 students
o If anybody has taken some of the broken sculptures home, please return

KC

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Meeting Minutes
them to Stephen Pinel who will have them repaired. HW will then arrange for
them to be cemented into place. Call Stephen on 5490 5777.
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FUNDRAISING
Future Fundraising for timber maintenance, pizza oven & watering system.
o QLD Government Gambling Grant
o Australia Post Grant
o Combank Community Grant
o NIB Insurance
o Bendigo Bank Grant
o Council Small Grant
OTHER
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Facebook page KC has been updating

Next Meeting 23/11/2015 at 6:00pm in the Bells Reach sales office boardroom.

Hand print art is on its way better late than never!

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