Comments on: Manly Vale Community Garden opened today

By: Julia Brown

Julia Brown — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:28:05 +0000

The Garden is spectacular and thrilling for the community. Just moving back to area, I’m dying to get involved & participate. It’s such a wonderful step in the right direction for sustainable suburb.

Problem I’ve noticed is the Hippies Squatting out on the footpath, combi vans standing by. I’ve been told by a neighbour to the Gardens, the Council or Rangers have been notified & no action has taken place. Is it too hard or too much paperwork to move them on??
Squatters gave me an uneasy & unwelcoming feeling to the Garden so built for us all to come & enjoy.

Perhaps the Community Garden co-ordinators would have more luck with Council action, than a random resident.
Would appreciate any help.

Kind regards, Julia Brown
(of Gordon St, Manlyvale)

By: Michae Neville

Michae Neville — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:26:23 +0000

Congratulations to everyone involved! Looks like It’s got all the elements of a well planned garden – sheltered area – for rest, socialising, eating and relaxing; on-site water; beautiful curved beds maximising access, space and orientation; compost zone; areas for kids etc. Being aesthetically pleasing and creating an inviting atmosphere really helps to generate ongoing participation. Hope to visit soon.

Michael

By: jeni thornley

jeni thornley — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:54:06 +0000

Hey Michael,

Great to get your newsletters and this post especially! as I am twixt and between Whale Beach and Chippendale and am a great fan of what you are all doing! So I am delighted to learn of the Mona Vale community gardens. I am most likely re-locating from Chippendale to W.Beach at the end of the year – as my commitments at UTS is achanging – so its good to learn of this community effort and to see the seeds germinate and spread.

My apologies for not following through on either coming to the Friday morning Chippo working bees – or organising a local screening of Wasteland: http://www.wastelandmovie.com/!!!! Teaching and finishing doctorate are taking all my time right now.

But the idea for a screening is still on my back burner! The filmmaker did email me back and was pleased at the plan of linking the film to a community based program . She is going to send me the DVD . And I must remind her!

cheers Jeni

PS My doctorate film: ISLAND HOME COUNTRY screens on ABC 1 QLD, TAS, VIC, WA Sunday Afternoon September 26th 4.30pm ABC iView 26 Sept-10 Oct (other states TBC): http://www.jenithornley.com

In press: Jeni Thornley writes about filmmaking process and Aboriginal protocols in ‘Passionate Histories:
Myth, Memory and Indigenous Australia’, (eds) F. Peters Little, A. Curthoys, J. Docker, Aboriginal History,
ANU ePress: http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4935157

cheers Jeni Thornley