Harvest Festival 2008 
We invite the people of South-East Queensland to our biggest annual event for the year: the Harvest Festival on Sunday 14th September. We join the Brisbane Multicultural community (BEMAC) and the Brisbane City Council in bringing Northey Street City Farm to lots of new faces. Join thousands of people in a day of celebration of our multicultural and refugee communities - a FREE event, full of:
To volunteer: please contact community@northeystreetcityfarm.org.au with your name, contact information and preferred activity or time. Volunteers are needed for help with the raffles, Chai Cafe, sausage sizzle, setting up, cleaning, children's art program and nursery. For more information: View the full flyer 
We are also taking expressions of interest from people who may want to enrol in a 2 week PDC intensive at City Farm, to be held November, dates TBC. Culture Jam 
Culture Jams continue on the second Sunday of each month after a successful start in August. The next Jam will coincide with the Harvest Festival on the 14th of September.
Come early and enjoy the markets. From noon, it's a fun afternoon of earth art, open mic performances, children's activities and more! Dedicated Culture Jams resume on Sunday 11th October. View the flyer for full details. City Farm receives donation for Solar Hot Water System  NSCF was very pleased to receive a donation of $1500 recently from Natural Solutions towards a solar hot water system for our kitchen. We thank them for this kind donation. "Natural Solutions" provides Environmental Consultancies throughout the region. Please visit them at www.naturalsolutions.com.au. Pictured above, at the presentation, are Genevieve Wills (Management Committee Secretary), Jane Davissen (representing "Natural Solutions"), Bella Teggins (Emerging Permaculturist) and Mal Teggins (NSCF Management Committee & Permaculture Design Group) If your business would like to make a donation to the farm for this or another project, or enter into a partnership, please get in touch. Winter Solstice NSCF would like to thank all the performers, participants and volunteers who made this year's festival such a memorable event. Northey Street Permaculture Design has been established by some enthusiastic graduates along with our experienced designers Dick and Richard. Now all those unable to do a course at the farm can access the benefits of our team’s combined Permaculture knowledge and experience, with a consultation or a full design. No job is too large or small. The price of food is increasing (environmentally and monetarily). There’s never been a better time to grow your own and reduce your impact on the planet, while saving money at the same time. You can contact us through the NSCF office on (07) 3857 8775, the nursery on (07) 3857 8774, email nnorthey@bigpond.net.au, or pop over to the info stall at the Sunday Markets (7-10.30) for details and a chat. View Brochure Coming Events at the Farm  Bookings Open Bookings are now open for our 2008 permaculture courses and workshops. Please visit our education page for more information.  City Farm on ABC's Gardening Australia Click here to watch Gardening Australia's piece on Northey Street City Farm. Sunday Organic Market Our Organic Growers Market will continues operating every Sunday from 6:30 to 10:30am. We welcome our new Market Coordinator, Paul Ziebarth, and wish him well in this exciting role. The market provides a great place for all your fruit, vegetables, dairy and bakery items, as well as chai, coffee, sausage sizzle and other breakfast options. And while it is wet, get your new season's seedlings, plants & trees (as well as gift vouchers) from the organic "Edible landscapes" Nursery. This remains Brisbane's only Organic Market. We are keen to not only keep up all the wonderful aspects of the market, but to expand and enhance the marketing experience for all our patrons, volunteers and stall holders. TAFE Level 1 Horticulture Course Enrollees wanted for Tuesday This course is for people who have an interest in organic gardening, want to develop this interest, and want to see organic gardening more broadly supported. The course fee is set at about half the usual cost, to support volunteer work at Northey Street City Farm. The cost is either $120, or $60 for people with a Health Care Card. Go here for more information. As well as the longer Permaculture Courses, we offer shorter Tuesday alternatives. On Centrelink / WFD Support? We are looking to attract and support people currently on any Centrelink support program, through a volunteer program working with Challenge Employment and Training. Participants receive an extra travel allowance, training credits and some training during their 7 - 21 hours per week, in cooking, office work or fabrication. Please contact Robert or Rossco at the farm, or phone 'Challenge' on 38611000. Growing Communities Growing Communities is located at 192 Boundary Street, West End, Qld, 4101. Visit our website at www.growingcommunities.org.au to find out how we can help with setting up and supporting your school or community garden. City Farm on YouTube Click here to view compilation movies from our Harvest and Solstice festivals, alongside documentaries on the farm. |
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Thinking about buying trees, seedlings, mulch, or anything else for your garden? There are lots of options at our nursery. Click here to learn more. Edible Landscapes is now also an agency for the BCC free trees scheme. 
Our weekly Sunday markets are here from 6:00 - 10:30 am. These are really pumping these days, with lots of produce, breakfast options (great chai & cakes!) as well as lots of other stalls. For more details on market click here. |
