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Membership reminder – with discount

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Membership reminder

Discount: just $15 for a household for a year; helps to support our activities

Big thanks to those who have renewed or taken out a new membership at recent events!

Our membership year runs from 1 July to 30 June, so it’s renewal time. We’re offering our usual incentive, where those joining or renewing by the end of August do so for just $15 per household. After August the price will return to $20 per household – so be sure to catch this “special”!

How: Complete the online membership form (to ensure we have your current details for insurance purposes) and indicate if you are either paying electronically or will bring cash to one of our gatherings. Easy!
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Film Night: ‘Seed, The Untold Story’

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Back by popular demand! Seed Savers Albury-Wodonga will again screen the film “Seed, the Untold Story”.
Our previous event featuring this film (two years ago) was very popular. Come along if you missed it or to watch again!

When: Thursday 22 August, 6:30pm start for film screening, at the Sustainable Activity Centre, on the Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga. Map.

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Annual seed bank stocktake

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By Karral Miller

Thank you to the ten Seed Savers members who braved the cold on the evening of Wednesday 5th June to help with the annual stocktake of the seed bank. This is an opportunity to clean out seeds that are past their use-by date, to check which seeds we have in abundance and which ones are in short supply as well as a general clean up and overview of the system. With many people working, the job was done efficiently and quickly. Continue reading →

More on the Community Garden visit

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Photo from Nick Taylor’s “Pedalling Forwards” blog.

Nick Taylor is a sustainability blogger on a pedal-powered tour around Australia. He recently passed through our area and joined in the Seed Savers Albury-Wodonga visit to the community garden.

Nick describes his adventure as ‘a bike journey in search of sustainability innovations and inspiration’ and he wrote a lovely piece about his visit to this garden with our group. Continue reading →

A tour of Albury Wodonga Community Farm

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By Steve Burton and Jackie van der Neut

Under brilliant Autumn sunshine (after the best rain the Border has had in months!), a group of keen gardeners and onlookers arrived at Lemke Rd, Gateway Island, Wodonga for a Seed Savers event – a tour of the Albury Wodonga Community Farm visit lead by Tilak, resplendent in his Parklands Albury Wodonga official uniform.

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All smiles in the sunshine! Photo: Paul Smith

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Visit to the Albury Wodonga Community Farm

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Community Farm Visit, 3 May

Seed Savers Albury-Wodonga will visit this large organic market garden that produces vegetables and herbs not readily available locally. Tilak will lead the tour showing us how the multicultural gardeners save seeds and market their organic produce direct from the community garden.

When: Friday 3 May, 10am – 11:30am

Where: Bhutanese Community Farm, 150 metres off Lemke Rd, Gateway Island,  Wodonga. View on google maps.

Free event but RSVP required by 3pm, Thursday 2 May. Please email seedsaversalburywodonga@gmail.com if you plan to attend. Continue reading →

Seed saving skills session notes

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By Chris Amor

Roughly 20 people attended  a fantastic Seed Saving Skills session hosted by Karral Millar on the 5th of March at the Sustainability Activity Centre. It was a fantastic opportunity for those newer to seed saving to get a 101 introductory, and a chance for those more experienced seed savers to brush up and share their knowledge. Continue reading →

Pollinator Insects in your Garden

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Pollinators session at the Bungam Community garden, 7 April.

Find out more about the pollinator insects in your garden at this workshop. Australia has lots of wild pollinator insects that are often overlooked.

When:            Sunday 7 April, 2pm – 3pm
Where:           Bungam Community Garden,
605 Englehardt St, Albury. View map. Continue reading →