Noosa Community Garden is now on its way to becoming incorporated after last week electing a new committee of 10 with a president, treasurer and secretary as the main office bearers.
Vice president Erika Hackett said the group initially came together in 2012 when Slow Food Noosa sponsored a school garden at non-profit organisation United Synergies, a local non-profit organisation providing support services to homeless and disadvantaged young people.
Since then six school gardens have been established in the community and Noosa Community Garden has become its own entity and once incorporated can apply for grants for projects.
“Each Friday a band of volunteers lovingly maintain the garden, harvesting the produce to share amongst themselves. The members of the group are as diverse as the food they cultivate, many coming to the garden’s weekly gathering to get their gardening fix, discussing what vegetables are working best in the soil, or the latest bug that has tried to derail the herbs,” Erika said.
“Nothing is wasted in this garden, excess herbs are dried and shared amongst the group, compost is made on-site and the food plucked makes a short journey to the kitchens of the volunteers.
“We just want people to come along and garden and enjoy it.”
The group meets at 8am every Friday and from this week will also meet at the garden in Earl Street, Tewantin from 9-11am on Sundays to enable people who work to be involved.
