Home STREAT Home - 'Crowd Farming' Day

What a great day!  Our first gig, was a hit!
The 'Crowd Farming' event at STREAT - 66 Cromwell Street, Collingwood was fantastic!

We concentrated our efforts on creating a herb garden so that the Chefs can have ready access.
We had a tour of the facility, which now includes a bakery and a coffee roastery.  The spent coffee will eventually be used to grow oyster mushrooms on a commercial scale.  
There is a row of bay trees along the fence, and a beautiful olive near the water tank.

Thanks for Sebastian from Diggers Gardens who came with 3 Pear trees, Jerusalem Artichokes, Pineapple Lily, Lemon time and chard. 

 Thanks to Liz who turned up at exactly the right time with compost.

We potted up all the donated herbs from, Zofia, Marylin, Lyndle, Burwood Food Swappers and a lot from Ashwood Food Swappers. The herbs are all in, and the chefs are thrilled as they will go straight into the menu. 

Big shout out to Bec the CEO of STREAT for her generosity in sharing her vision, the chefs and teams who made us all feel welcome, and the delicious lunch supplied! 

 Bec coined the phrase 'Tiny Trowel'  - I like it!!

We all look forward to your Grand opening today-  Saturday September 17th. STREAT, a social enterprise empowering and educating Melbourne's young homeless. 

The place is now open so head down there an order off the menu!  #HomeSTREAThome#socialenterprise #66CromwellStreet

STREAT Working Bee to Build a Food Garden for Melbourne's Homeless Youth

So having learnt to build food gardens, and mixing with the wider community to do the same, I have invited others to join me help STREAT at a working bee this SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11th.
Start time: 10.00 am
Lunch provided for those who RSVP.
End time - between 3 and 4 pm.
RSVP to mylittletrowel@gmail.com

STREAT has a vision to build a flourishing food garden at their Cromwell site: https://www.streat.com.au/about/cromwell-site Home STREAT Home, 66 Cromwell St, Collingwood VIC 3066.
The folks at STREAT care for homeless youth. At Home STREAT Home, the folks want to build a food garden on site, to then cook up on site, and then provide food to the homeless youth.
An open door to gardeners is coming! If you would like to donate some time, or herbs, veggies or even a dwarf fruit tree - please come along - Sunday September 11th, 2016.
Time to plant a food garden for the young homeless folks of Melbourne :-)
Details: 
Morning. Nominate 1, 2 or 3 hours.
First up - soil and diggers. We need to prepare ground soil, and potted soil for the plants. STREAT may also need help with planning what to put where according to the sun etc.
Lunch will be prepared for us - so please RSVP with your times.
Afternoon. Nominate 1, 2 or 3 hours.
Second up - planters and potters. Fruit trees, shrubs, and veggies have all been donated to STREAT and some folks through our networks have donated - so they need to go into the food garden.
If you are not available to volunteer time for the day, and would like to donate - herbs are needed. Any food plant would gratefully be accepted for this wonderful project.
Please let us know what your plans are, and enjoy the day!
Thanks good people! - There really are some good people out there trying to make a real difference - let's give them a hand :-)