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Community Gardening

Aro Valley Community Centre

Sunday 24 June | 11am | Aro Valley Community Centre/Aro Park Gardens
We are planting our beans just after the winter solstice during the waxing moon of the lunar phase! Come and meet us and find out how you can be involved or learn more about the community compost sites. Bring the family and flatmates, hot tea and coffee available. There will be other jobs to do too on the gardens.

Kai O Te Aro is a community garden group in Aro Valley, Wellington, New Zealand. with three active sites in Aro Valley, one called "The Secret Garden", another "The Steps" and the third, "The park it self" The 4th the orchard was lost to developers in Jan 2018 and fruit trees shifted to Te Aro school and Aro Park ( erroneously signposted as Aro st Park) Any keen gardeners (or budding gardeners) can join this non hierarchical informal group operating under the umbrella of AVCC. Also of late taken on trying to keep the communal compost operating more effectively.

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1 day ago

What's your favourite tomato recipe?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Kia ora neighbours. We know your tomato plants are still growing, but we're looking ahead to the harvest already! If you've got a family recipe for tomatoes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine to share with our readers. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our February 2025 issue.

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2 days ago

Poll: When should the tree go up? 🎄

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

From what we've heard, some Christmas trees are already being assembled and decorated.

What are your thoughts on the best time to get your Christmas tree up?

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When should the tree go up? 🎄
  • 5% Second half of November
    5% Complete
  • 44.6% 1st December
    44.6% Complete
  • 17.1% A week before Christmas
    17.1% Complete
  • 32.1% Whenever you wish
    32.1% Complete
  • 1.2% Other - I'll share below
    1.2% Complete
1453 votes
16 hours ago

Unlock Your Inner Detective: Today’s Riddle Awaits!

Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

What gets wet while drying?

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