Events

General regular maintenance to common areas with extra attention to clearing old passionfruit vines off the fence

Saving your own seed, taking cuttings or dividing clumps of plants by the roots are the most common ways to propagate. These methods don’t require specialised or expensive equipment and can be achieved with a little practise...and some helpful tips from Emma Daniell our resident Horticulturalist and RBCG Founding Member.

Save the Date! Sunday 17th September 2017 We will be hosting an Event on site at RBCG in the afternoon. Stay tuned for more details in the coming months. Read more about National Organic Week here: http://www.organicweek.net.au/core/ Taste the Difference, Feel the Difference, Make a Difference National Organic Week Australia (NOW) is a week of […]

Splitting of a native bee hive is when you create two hives from one, thus increasing their numbers over time. Australian stingless bees are very important to the health of Australian native trees and are wonderful pollinators in our Community Garden. They’re also super cute, stingless and create a delicious honey called “sugar bag” honey […]

Join BirdLife Australia educator, Renee Ferster Levy on a guided bird watching walk through Christison Park, Vaucluse. You will learn fun facts about local native birds – where do they live? What do they eat? You will also learn how to create bird-friendly spaces in your backyard and local community. This event is perfect for […]

Working Bee 2-4pm with basic general maintenance activities. Annual General Meeting 4pm: Eligible Members to vote on "The Next Big Thing" based on projects suggested and also vote for the Committee Members to represent them for the coming year.

Want to cut down on your home energy bills and reduce carbon emissions? Come along to this free information session to learn how to make your home more energy efficient and to understand how solar works. This free information session will help you: * Understand how you can make your home more energy efficient without […]

We will be splitting one hive and checking for honey in the second newer hive. Hope you can make it.

In a nutshell, compost is decomposed organic matter. Composting is a natural process of recycling organic material such as leaves and vegetable scraps into a rich soil amendment. Research shows that compost enhances the ability of tomatoes and other vegetables to stand up to common diseases and may improve their flavour and nutrition, too. Compost […]

About Australian Pollinator Week 2017 What is pollination? Unlike animals, plants can’t move around in search of a mate, to reproduce. Therefore, plants need pollinators to transfer the male sex cells (pollen) to the female reproductive parts of flowers. This is called pollination, which leads to fertilisation. Good fertilisation helps plants develop seeds and fruit. […]