OPEN DAY

The Ballarat Community Garden is throwing open their garden gates for an Open Day!

This day will showcase our vision for the garden as a vibrant place where communities “Connect, Grow & Learn” and will include a range of fantastic activities for adults, children and garden enthusiasts alike..

When: Sunday 16th March, 11:00 – 3:00
Where: Corner Queen Street & Dytes Parade, Ballarat East
Entry: FREE

How the day will unfold:

11:00 Welcome
Entertainment provided by a local women’s community choir

11:30 Official launch of “Foundations for the Future – A Community Vision for the Ballarat Community Garden” by:
Lily D’Ambrosia, Parliamentary Secretary, Community Development

12:00 Light refreshments and entertainment continues through the day with the local women’s community choir, The Underminers and “The Acting Up” Group.

A range of other activities kick off including:
• “produce swapping”, where people bring excess produce from their gardens to swap for produce from people’s gardens;
• Sausage sizzle;
• Puppet shows;
• Gardening information;
• Seedling potting activities for the kids;
• Gumboot throwing competition;
• Scarecrow making; and
• Storytelling in the vegie patch.

3:00 Exhausted, but inspired, you leave having discovered that there is indeed much more to Community Gardens that just growing great fresh food!

Click here to download our poster

Any queries please contact us (bo@pactcs.org.au or 53331351)

This Open Day is supported by
• The Victorian Government through the provision of a Victorian Community Support Grant from the Community Support Fund; and the
• City of Ballarat.