Lakeside Drive Community Garden

Welcome!

WELCOME TO LAKESIDE DRIVE COMMUNITY GARDEN (LDCG)

We are a community garden located at Charles Darwin University Casuarina Campus on a two acre site on Lakeside Drive in Alawa. The garden was initiated by CDU Students in 2008. It is now driven by a dedicated team of volunteers and supported by the Office of Community Engagement at CDU. The garden is supported by CDU staff who donate time, equipment, guidance and resources to the garden. CDU students also work with the garden both through their course work (work-integrated learning) and as volunteers.

GARDEN DESIGN

The Lakeside Drive Community Garden doesn't have individual plots - the aim being to keep the garden open for knowledge exchange and demonstration gardens, particularly for permaculture and organic gardening techniques. We hope to open up plots to community groups in the near future. You can see the design that was developed by the community members involved with the garden and Permaculture Design Students here and if you're interested in finding out more you can read the accompanying notes here.

FINDING OUT MORE

We send out an e-mail update 1-2 times per month with upcoming events at the Lakeside Drive Community Garden as well as information about upcoming courses, workshops or demonstrations around the themes growing food organically, sustainable living practices and adapting to the implications of climate change. We are selective with the information we include and won't fill your inbox with spam! If you would like to join our email updates list, email engage@cdu.edu.au.

YOU CAN ALSO FIND OUT MORE BY LIKING US ON FACEBOOK!

WORKING BEES - FORTNIGHTLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, 4-6PM

Working bees are a chance for all community members to come down to the Lakeside Drive Community Garden and help it grow. There are many things to be done, building, mulching, weeding, watering, planning, composting, digging - just to name a few!

Working bees are held at the Lakeside Drive Community Garden which can be found at 27 Lakeside Drive, Alawa - just opposite the turn off to Stasinowsky St - see map here. Please bring a water bottle, hat, sunscreen, closed shoes, insect protection (long sleeves) and gardening gloves if you have them to the working bees. We have gloves available for those who don't and will have a water supply for filling up your drink bottles.

Here are the working bee dates for the rest of 2011:

June 12th & 26th
July 10th & 24th
August 7th & 21st
September 4th & 18th
October 2nd, 16th & 30th
November 13th & 27th
December 11th - CHRISTMAS PARTY!!

MEETINGS - FORTNIGHTLY SATURDAY MORNING, 10:30AM - 12PM

Meetings are a chance for all community members to come together to plan the next steps of the Lakeside Drive Community Garden. There are many areas to help out with, planning for working bees, fundraising, governance improvements, events planning - just to name a few!

Meetings are held at the Frilly's Cafe which can be found at 21 Cummins Street, Rapid Creek (Nightcliff Uniting Church). Come early to visit the op-shop or the shop'n'swap table of garden produce from our friends at The Mulch Pit - see map here.

Here are the meeting dates for the rest of 2011:

June 11th & 25th
July 9th & 23rd
August 6th & 20th
September 3rd & 17th
October 1st, 15th & 29th
November 12th & 26th
December 10th - Final preparations for the CHRISTMAS PARTY!!

Graeme and Nick from Pattemore Plumbing installing our water system.

WATER ROSTER

For those on the water roster - find out your day here.

LAKESIDE DRIVE WINS THIRD PRIZE IN MACJANNET AWARDS - READ MORE HERE

LDCG has been recognised in the 2011 MacJannet Global Citizenship awards as an exceptional university community engagement program. As part of the prize, CDU staff member Anjea and CDU student Liam flew to Madrid in June to meet other prize winners at the Talloires Conference - Building the Engaged University, Moving Beyond the Ivory Tower. Congratulations to all those who have been involved with the garden past and present - this award is because of your hard work!

WALL OF THANKS

Graeme and Nick from Pattermore Plumbing for donating their labour andall the materials to install our internal water supply.
Scott from CDU Horticulture and Bob, Jensen & Nerida from CDU Grounds for donating their advice, equipment and labour to assist with the installation.
David Firth Plumbing and Draining for installing the water supply before the dry season hit!
To Royal Wolf and Pattemore Constructions for your generosity in supplying and installing our new shed!

UPCOMING EVENT - BOTANIC GARDENS FILM FESTIVAL

A series of screenings in the Botanic Gardens of environmentally and socially conscious films - Lakeside Drive will be hosting one in July- stay tuned for more information!

From the CDU Newsroom

Community Garden on Shortlist for Global Citizenship Prize

Blooming good community spirit!

Lakeside Drive Community Garden Tree-planting Days, February 2010.

The native forest planted as a buffer to the mangrove system in February 2010.