ATTENTION HARVESTORS

After visiting half a dozen Community Gardens it was now becoming clear to Harvestors there are a number of components necessary for a successful Community garden.
1.An enterprising and skillful co-ordinator
2.An enthusiastic community who benefit from  their activity.
3. Location where garden beds can be built.
4.Watertanks to collect rainfall,and distribute to plants.
5.A garden shed to store equipment,shovels forks,rakes,hoses,gloves,and seeds.
6.A co-operative council authority.
7. A legal structure for documenting the gardens authority,payment of membership annual fees,insurance,
compliance of regulations,and records of trial plantings.
8,Sunshine
9.Compost bins.
Each of the gardens visited yesterday varied in its approach to these factors.
The Ultimo Community Garden in McKee street park,was without a protective fence,and occasionally is raided by delinquents,without community spirit.It is surrounded by Eucalyptus trees,which creates an appealing location,but restricts sunshine especially in winter.




Photos of construction
The harvestors walked 2k's from Ultimo along Wattle street past woolstores with old cobblestone entrances,through Wentworth Park with its very very old Moreton Bay fig tree with weeping root system,passed high rise development,but no dog racing.
StHelens Community garden at 184 Glebe Point Road  is located in the grounds of                                                                                                                                                                                                                

providing space to establish garden beds,80 participants, a bonus worm farm.Its possable it owes its establishment to a persistant and determined co-ordinator Jock Mustard who batteled the Council authority for two years to gain permission to erect garden beds and compliance to operate.









St Helens Garden is adjacent to a outstanding example of late Victorian double fronted Italianate villa built round 1900-1902.the house is double fronted with bay windows and central tower. It has a hipped roof,central classic turret with fluted balustrade ,roof clad in slate and featured corbelled chimney corbelled eaves bracket and rosettes. Front veranda has a bullnose profile clad in corrugated steel metal and features cast iron colums cast iron brackets fringe valance and tessilated tiles.Front door centrally located arched portico and 5 panelled glazed with fanlights windows double hung,rendered sills and security bars.
In the rear is a two storey brick addition.