Narooma Community Garden
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Narooma Community Garden
The community garden in the school
Wonderful opportunityThe Narooma Public School invited Narooma District Community Gardens Inc. to establish a community garden in the primary school grounds in exchange for involving the students in some activities.
Amazing siteThe site is north facing and gets good winter sun. It may need a windbreak to protect plants from the salty, north easterly sea breezes.
Locating the enclosed garden
We chose the flat part of the site for the main garden and this will be enclosed in a polypipe and wire structure to keep out birds, possums and footballsfrom theadjacentoval.
Building raised bedsIn the enclosure there will be 4 raised beds for annual vegetables, some ground level beds and fruit trees/shrubs that need protection.
Crop rotationThe 4 beds will be used to demonstrate a crop rotation system to members and students.
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4Bed 1(NW)
Fruiting vegetables
Root crops & alliums
Legumes Leaf crops & brassicas
Bed 2(NE)
Leaf crops & brassicas
Fruiting vegetables
Root crops & alliums
Legumes
Bed 3(SE)
Legumes Leaf crops & brassicas
Fruiting vegetables
Root crops & alliums
Bed 4(SW)
Root crops & alliums
Legumes Leaf crops & brassicas
Fruiting vegetables
More fruit trees
We’ll care for the existing fruit trees such as the fig and
the peach tree
and plant more within the school grounds, eg dwarf fruit trees that students can manage