Welcome to the Vera Street Community Garden website!

Welcome to the Vera Street Community Garden website! We are Vera Street Community Garden Inc, a grass-roots, get-your-hands-dirty group of local and not-so-local residents who come together to do organic gardening and creek rehabilitation within the grounds of Toowong College, off Vera Street in West Toowong.

To find out more, read the About Us section of this site, or contact using the form on the Contact Us page.

Channel 7's The Great South East filming in the garden this Wednesday morning!  
We would love to have as many garden members come along as possible.

Wednesday 4 August 8.50am at Vera St garden.  It would be wonderful to see families enjoying the garden so people with babies and children are encouraged to come on Wednesday as well as all other members.

Election Day Stall - 21 August - Details to follow!

July working bee - 25 July

Thank you to all those who braved the drizzly weather on Sunday afternoon and came to contribute to the garden. Friends watered and weeded, as well as picked chillies and coriander.  The work of Lyn, Troy, and several other people to extend the barrier keeping the neighbours bamboo at bay was especially appreciated. Well done!

June working bee - 27 June

Thank you to all who were able to devote time and energy to the garden on Sunday for the June working bee. What a glorious day it was!


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Gardening meeting times

Fourth Sunday of every month from 3:00pm: Working bee. This is a time where there will be lots of people and things happening. A great time for visitors, friends and new members to come and join in. Bring a plate of food to share for afternoon tea if you can.

August: Sunday 22nd from 3pm
September: Sunday 26th from 3pm
Every Sunday from 3:00pm: General gardening for members.

Where are we?

Access the garden from the gate next to 21 Vera Street. Walk along the grass and turn left to see the garden.

Annual General Meeting

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We had a great AGM with a fascinating talk by Sidonie Carpenter from Green Roofs Australia. You can find out more about their organisation through that link.
You can download the minutes of the AGM below if you didn't get them via the email list.

Our new elected office bearers are:
Convenor Judy Haines
Co-convenor Anne Barry
Secretary Dane Barclay
Treasurer Kelly Greenop

Non-elected committee members are:
Membership Secretary Ann Bermingham
Committee Members Alex Teeland, Cathy Renkin (to take over from Dane as Secretary when he returns to Victoria), Jonathan Roberts (assisting the Kelly with treasury business).

So many thanks must go to the truly wonderful outgoing committee. The energentic Naomi Waldron was an organised, welcoming and inspiring convenor; Jane Bell was an angelic secretary and also former convenor who makes possibly the world's best Rosella jam (sorry Raj and Ruth, I did say possibly!); Raj Gupta was an amazingly thorough and helpful secretary, surely in line for a quiet achiever award; Volker Hilsenstein the outgoing co-convenor has had a busy year with the arrival of new baby Annika and will be kept busy with two little ones at home now.
Thanks everyone!
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