Crowd Harvest: Herbs for Australia Day Jan 16 to Jan 31, 2018 Australia Day celebrations are a great time to express the generous Australian spirit towards asylum seekers and those in need. During the summer time, herbs are flourishing! Many home gardeners find their herb plants outgrow their pots/land in the summer time, and usually split the plant to share with their family and friends. Split plants donated to those facing food insecurity can make them feel the generous spirit of Australia Day. Such a gift would provide an ongoing, self sustaining way for people to enhance their own nourishment. Sophie from Gardening Australia shows how it can be done with ease in this engaging video: http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s4570418.htm Small pots are the best way to present your wonderful gift, with a label to identify the plant. The ASRC and Rowville Community Kitchen have clients who could use some home grown herbs in pots. People receive great joy when gifted with herbs! Strawberry and pepper plants are also greatly appreciated. Just pop in and say "Hello" from Jan 10 to Jan 31 during their opening times and help celebrate Australia Day. Remember, all NFPs are closed on Australia day - Jan 26 - a public holiday! SHARE THE NEWS ON FACEBOOK!

Asylum Seekers Resource Centre Foodbank Level 1, 218 Nicholson Street Footscray VIC 3011 Open Monday to Friday 10 am to 3 pm. Closed on public holidays. Rowville Community Centre 40 Fulham Road, Rowville VIC 3178 Open Monday to Friday 9 am to 4 pm. Closed on public holidays.

The ASRC Foodbank volunteers loved receiving the first round of herb pots and cut Rosemary .  The cut Rosemary was immediately bundled for many refugees to take home! The flat parsley, thyme, oregano, chocolate mint and rosemary pots went home with refugees! Such a great way to empower people with food resilience. Bless and Opa! OPEN DAY Saturday February 3rd, 12pm - 4 pm 88 Kooyong Rd, Armadale VIC 3143 Stalls - BBQ - Face Painting FOODSWAP - 12PM - 2 PM This will be the ABC garden's first food swap, so get along and encourage the volunteers! http://www.armadalebaptist.org/ SUSTAINABLE LIVING FESTIVAL Local Food Connect - Golden Seedling Award Tiny Trowel was honoured in the 2017 LFC awards list! A Golden Seedling nomination for entrepreneurial efforts THANK YOU Local Food Connect!!! http://localfoodconnect.org.au/ Copyright © 2018 Tiny Trowel, All rights reserved.

Thank you!! Crowd Harvest: Seeds for Christmas

WE DID IT! Together we provided hundreds of seeds to those in need! And 21 thousand views via 'likes' and 'shares' on Facebook!   NFPs supporting, enabling and empowering those in need to adopt self sustaining food gardening practices are grateful to the gardening community for contributing to their 'clients' looking to start their own food gardens! THANK YOU!!! We as gardeners, can send excess seed at any time of year. Each of the NFPs listed below has a certified horticulturalist employed, and ready to look after the seeds, either to start the seeds, store the seeds or distribute to others facing crisis yet know how to start seeds :-) You can be assured the seeds will be looked after. Variety is welcome! Please help share the news on social media. A Facebook Group "Tiny Trowellers" has been created. Please join the conversation at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1283951395005787/ STREAT cafe, Collingwood says: "A lovely surprise package of seeds arrived today Tiny Trowel and Diggers Club SA. Thankyou for this lovely initiative. Crowd Harvest: Seeds for Christmas" The Whitehorse Urban Harvest Food Swap and ESPG have participated in Crowd Harvest: Seeds for Christmas. A lovely packet of seeds arrived at the ASRC Foodbank this week. Individuals will now be empowered to grow their own self sustaining food gardens. Thank you so much!! Newhope Community Care says THANK YOU!! :  "Got such a lovely surprise as l opened the NewHope Community Care mail today! There was a lovely Christmas card from Tiny Trowel filled with so many packets of seeds !  Thank you to all who gave generously to those in need.  I look forward to passing them on to families to grow and share.  ⭐️Merry Christmas to all.⭐️"

ASRC Foodbank Level 1, 214 - 218 Nicholson St Footscray VIC 3011 Monday to Friday 10.00 am - 5.00 pm. https://www.asrc.org.au/  DIVRS & Darebin Fruit Squad Urban Food Program 285 High Street Preston 3072 http://www.divrs.org.au/#divrs http://www.darebinfruitsquad.org/  FOOD GARDEN - The Craig Family Centre 7 Samarinda Avenue Ashburton 3147 http://craigfc.org.au/ Food Gardens for Low income Australians PS. SAM FARBOD NEWHOPE IRANIAN COMMUNITY PO Box 255 Kerrimuir VIC 3129 https://www.newhope.net.au/Persian An Iranian community who fled to Australia due to religious persecution. ASRC Foodbank 179 Lonsdale St, Dandenong Monday to Thursday 10am – 3pm. https://www.asrc.org.au/  Nortec Volunteering 6 Main Street Murwillumbah NSW 2484 https://www.nortec.org.au/community-solutions/volunteering/ Helping Aussies flooded out re establish food gardens Alex Salmon CARRINGTON HEALTH Level 2, 43 Carrington Road Box Hill VIC 3128 Food Gardens for Low income Australians www.carringtonhealth.org.au Rowville Community Centre 40 Fulham Road, Rowville VIC 3178 Food kitchen distributing and growing fresh food for low income Australians. http://rowvillecommunitykitchen.com.au/ STREAT 66 Cromwell Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066 Monday to Sunday 8.00am - 3.00pm www.streat.com.au  FOOD FOREST ASHBURTON GROUP C/O The Craig Family Centre 7 Samarinda Avenue Ashburton 3147 https://foodforestashy.wordpress.com/ TINY TROWEL P.O Box 4076 Box Hill South 3128 Victoria Twitter: @Tiny_Trowel  http://mylittletrowel.blogspot.com.au/ NEWHOPE COMMUNITY CARE Relief Care @NHCC PO Box 255 Kerrimuir VIC 3129 http://www.newhopecare.net.au/food-pantry Food Relief Centre looking to apply sustainable approaches to food resilience care.

Vicky sent seeds and said "I have some seeds to donate and will do it tomorrow! A friend gave me a Spaghetti Squash, I saved the seeds, and planted some. 5 weeks later the vines are nearly a metre high with plenty of flowers developing, so it seems they are viable. It is such a substantial food!" Next up - Crowd Harvest: Herbs for Australia Day! Jump on Facebook and get sharing! https://www.facebook.com/events/391411171296319/ Copyright © 2017 Tiny Trowel, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in while taking a survey, signed up in person or via email, or through the website/blog. Our mailing address is: Tiny Trowel P.O Box 4076 BOX HILL SOUTH, VICTORIA 3128 Australia