Friday, May 28, 2010

May... moving into winter!

Kia ora koutou,

Winter is here and the Kai o te Aro gardens are looking better than ever.

While there is plenty of work to do to keep the plants happy over the colder months, our last meeting was spent on a different kind of mahi.

Kai o Te Aro has decided to formalise (ever so slightly...) our admin tasks and divide them amongst the group. This is an exciting move for us as it will both stabalise the group and give enthusiastic members new opportunities to be involved in the development of the project.


We discussed that while some more formal structure was required for the organisational and administrative aspects of the group, we will still remain a non-hierarchical collaborative group who made decisions based on consensus. We don't know exactly where the group is heading, but we do know that we are heading there together.

As always, new gardeners and passionate Aro Valleyites are very welcome to join in on our monthly working bees, it's a great chance to learn new gardening skills and meet your neighbours. It is a exciting time to be involved as we are preparing for the planting of a fruit and nut orchard in July.

We meet at 12pm outside the Aro Valley Community Center - 48 Aro st. on the third Sunday of the month. Each month, a different member hosts the monthly pot luck planning meeting. To get on our contact list or find out more about this project please email us at arogardener@gmail.com.

You can also find us on our ooooby page www.ooooby.ning.com/group/kai_o_te_aro


As the roles have been spread out among different people, we have a new person on board for Garden Notes... Charles and Lillian will now be alternating to keep you up to date with what is happening in the Kai o Te Aro gardens.

Naku noa,

Charles and Lillian.

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