Garden Visit to a Repton Oasis

Saturday May 27, 10am

Three years ago, Shann and her family were lucky enough to make the move from Canberra to the delightful hamlet of Repton. A bushland setting opens out on valley views of farmland and circling Osprey. Terraced paths wend down the slope, through palms and frangipani to a pond and banana grove full of potential.

Shann has inherited an established garden mix of natives and exotics.

Views from Shann's balcony looking south

Chilis grow well at Shann's

Ctenanthe setosa

Alstromeria (Peruvian Lily

Pink Alstomeria makes an attractive groundcover on a slope in Shann's garden.

Camellias at the front entrance.

Crotons add colour to shady areas

Begonia in pot

Foliage and path seen from Shann's balcony

This sweet melon is available in local shops

Rae once again demonstrated how to incorporate fresh fruit into cake.

Georgie's Beetroot salad also has beetroot leaves.

Shann demonstrated how to stylishly use cook potato and capsicum.

I Love Bello Shire Story: "Bellingen Seed Savers: ensuring long term food security"

Go to the link below to read the full story

Bellingen Seed Savers care deeply about the future of food security and so, focus their efforts around saving seed.  Saving seed is crucial to ensure that non GMO modified and non hybridised seed are always publicly and openly available to everyone.  “We want to make sure that when you plant a tomato seed that you were given by your neighbour, that that seed will grow a fertile plant, that will give you lovely tomatoes to eat and preserve and when you save the seed from that tomato you can grow a plant from that seed again the next season, or give it to your friends and neighbours,” says Erik de Jong, active local Seed Saver member.

Link: "Bellingen Seed Savers: ensuring long term food security".