Your Sustainable Home - Make your bed and grow in it

Published on 22 April 2021

Your Sustainable Home - Make your bed and grow in it

Did you miss our ‘Make your bed and grow in it’ webinar? No worries, here’s an overview of it, including a recording of the webinar + helpful links and supporting information for you to check out at your own leisure.

Session 1: Make your Bed and Grow in it

Get started on your food growing adventure by learning how to make a veggie garden bed. Whether you have a lawn you’d like to turn into a no-dig food garden, or a balcony with just enough space for a raised bed or a few pots, everyone can grow food. Starting from the ground up, this Q&A session focuses on different ways you can set up your garden.

Panellists & Chair

Caroline Arrowsmith, our very own urban garden extraordinaire
Sheldon Levet, a Farm Manager at Kaicycle
Grant Corbishley of Houghton Bay Farms
Susie Robertson, Community Manager (Chair)

Still, want to know more? See the further resources below the video.

Get started on your food growing adventure by learning how to make a veggie garden bed.

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There’s A LOT of information out there and it’s difficult to know where to begin. To make it easier for you we’ve narrowed it down to some useful resources to get you started.

For local all-round gardening blogs we recommend:

Elien’s blog, Home Grown Happiness, is a treasure trove of tips and tricks learned from her no-dig garden in Porirua.
In nearby Levin, Kath Irvine of Edible Backyard is a food garden and fruit tree legend.

For tips on starting your garden quickly:

Goodlife Permaculture - these champions are running a series of 8 weekly crisis gardening videos to get you through. The first video shows you 6 different easy ways to establish a garden bed.

Milkwood Permaculture shows you how you can grow food in 8 weeks, in a rental.

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Kaicycle on gardens for communities - Kaicycle is for food security and community gardens. Check out this post if you want to know more about their Gardens for Community Initiative
DIY pallet planter box - Ever wanted to make your own pallet planter box for a deck or small space? Now you can with our handy DIY guide
DIY raised garden bed - So you’ve got some space in your backyard, great! Let us show you how to make your own DIY raised garden bed
How can you bee aware - The humble bumble bee is your garden's best friend. Learn how you can support your bumble buddy