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Community celebration in Mt Eden Village – thank you!

November 30th, 2011

Our community celebration was a great success thanks to many wonderful people that worked together on that day.

We had lots of families joining us and the kids had a great time meeting farm animals from Old McDonald’s farm, having pony rides and playing educational games.

Seed planting and the Mandel sculpture made out of recycled items as well as the scare crow building were also enjoyed by all. We where very lucky to have had the one sunny day on the weekend and some of us ended up sunburnt.

We would like to thank the New Zealand Lottery Fund for their kind support which helped us with our community celebration and our community projects towards a sustainable Mt Eden.

We raised $484.00 which will go towards buying 1000 community fruit trees for schools, kindergartens, playgrounds, parks and reserves as well as grass verges in 2012.
We would like to thank the following shops for their kind donations which provided for our raffle, silent auction and prizes as well as feeding us all :

All Good Bananas, Chapter Tearoom, Dean Greenwood Swimming School, Eden Villa - Bed & Breakfast, Essential Deli, Forest Rock, Gifts4biz, KC Loo Fruiter, Move to Improve, Mainly Toys, Molten restaurant, Paris Mt Eden Bakery, Frasers cafe

We also would like to thank Eden Creative Recycling for bringing the artistic touch and ideas to this event; the Mt Eden Community Garden group, the Mount Eden Bowling club, Tumeke cycle space with the great smoothie maker and Grey Lynn 2030 for the beautiful bunting.

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Community Celebration program – 27th of November 2011

November 12th, 2011

Where: at the  Mt Eden Community Gardens at the end of Poronui Street near the bowling grounds

2.00 pm
Compost building workshop– for children and adults; meet and greet the animals; Pony riding, Mandala – create a unique piece of  artwork from recycled materials, walk like the animals game.

2.30 pm
Meet the team behind the Mt Eden Village People and hear about the projects we have been working on (local recycling, workshops, community garden, community fruit trees)

2.45 pm
Animal Antics: learn all about farm animals and what free range means; the amazing race for adults; locate your garden and fruit trees on our sustainable Mt Eden map – do you grow your own food, have bees, fruit trees or chickens?

3.00pm
Seed planting and kids discovery tour around the garden; sale of raffle tickets

3.30 pm
Build the scarecrow for the community garden; Raffle ticket draw*

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And more:

  • Make your own smoothie powered using a bicycle provided by Tumeke Cycle Space .
  • Enjoy yummy food from the Essential Deli.
  • Meet the gardeners to talk about growing food in the city
  • Face painting
  • Gardening tools sale as a fund raiser
  • Silent auction of a worm farm

*money raised will go towards our project to provide 1000 community fruit trees in 2012

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August Sunday 12.08.2012

November 3rd, 2011

Beekeeping in the city:
Start time: 1pm-3pm

Tutor: Paul Romley
Location:  to be confirmed (Mt Eden or Parnell)

Please rsvp to: Judith Holtebrinck

Beekeeping in the city:
Bees provide us with two main things; pollination, and honey. They fly to nectar and pollen sources in the wider urban environment, and in the process of visiting flowers, gather nectar (which becomes honey) and pollen (which becomes a food source for them in addition to the honey). The city due to its numerous gardens, reserves and parks provides year round sources of these for the urban bee. Any person of discipline & learnt understanding of bee behaviour & their needs can maintain a healthy & very successful hive.  Bees can be kept in the city environment, depending on the local bylaws (which the super-city will be ‘harmonizing’, creating one bylaw governing beekeeping in Auckland City in 2012) and depending on your neighbours.

What to expect:
You can expect to learn about bees, their life-cycle, how a hive works, and the necessary maintenance required to keep your hive healthy & happy. You will learn about where to get bees from, and the different kinds of equipment you will need. Beehives are required to be registered so you will learn about what is required from MAF. You will be given details about the Auckland Beekeepers Club. Finally, expect to get stung at least several times when managing your own hive, and bee amazed at the intricacies of nature and the beehive.

About Paul Romley:
Paul is an ex-commercial beekeeper of six years experience working for Comvita, in the BOP. He developed a passion for landscape design, but has recently re-discovered his passion for bees. He is only interested in small domestic beekeeping situations, and manages his own beehive (on a balcony four stories up in Parnell), and two other beehives at his sister-in-law’s place in St Heliers. He also has assisted several friends set up their own beehives.

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A Celebration of Community -27.11.2011 Mt Eden Village

October 28th, 2011

Please join us on Sunday 27th November 2011 from 2pm to 4pm to celebrate our progress with becoming a sustainable Mt Eden.  Hosted at the wonderful Community Gardens at the end of Poronui Street near the bowling grounds, come along with your family, friend and neighbours and get to know your community.

Thanks for the generous support of a Lottery Grant, Old MacDonald Farm will be there with some happy farm animals and a pony ride.  Other activities for kids include a workshop to help you learn to move like the animals, creating some recycled art and the good old favourites of seed planting and face painting.  And adults are also catered for with our version of the Amazing Race and compost workshop, a fantastic raffle with prices from local shops and businesses in Mt Eden. You get the chance to talk to experienced gardeners about your own food production in the city whilst enjoying nibbles from the Essential Deli.

Money raised on the day will go towards our project to provide 1000 community fruits tress in Auckland in 2012.

Find out more at www.mountedenvillagepeople.co.nz
Our raincheck day is 4 December 2011.

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MEVP community celebration meeting, 25th of October

October 19th, 2011

It is nearly the end of the year and the 27th of November is our yearly community get-together, celebrating our path to a sustainable Mt Eden. This year we are inviting the old McDonald farm with ducks, chickens, goats, a pony and a kitten to join our celebration at the community garden.

If there is anything you can contribute such as creating activities and/or games for kids and adults where they can learn about sustainability, recycling, gardening etc… please let us know.  It would be great if you can join us at our community celebration preparation meeting on the 25th of October from7-8pm at the Mt Eden Village Centre, Methodist church building across Circus Circus.

Activities we had last year included face painting, seedling planting, raffle tickets and the sales of gardening tools to raise money for more community fruit trees, a compost game for the kids and a community exercise to get to know each other and talk about your sustainable vision of your neighbourhood.

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Events and ongoing classes at the Mt Eden Village Centre

September 30th, 2011

Meet and Hear the Party Candidates, Auckland, 31 October 2011

Ongoing classes and group meetings in the Mt Village Centre:

  • AA Meeting, every Mon, Wed, Fri,  10am – 11.30am,
  • Bollywood dance classes, Tue: 10.30 am-11.30am, starting 1st of October,
  • Church choir, every Thu 7pm-8.30 pm, contact: Justin, jay1000000@clear.net.nz
  • Dance classes, every Mon 6.30pm – 10pm, www.jitterbugs.co.nz
  • Move to improve – Feldenkrais: every Tue night 7.30pm, Contact; David Sullivan, E; david@movetoimprove.com
  • NA meeting, every Fr 12am-1.30pm
  • Tango classes: Wed 7-8pm, Beginners/Intermediate, Contact: Craig Love: craig@release.net.nz
  • Yoga every Thu night, 6-7pm, Contact: Nora Garcia-Mora,E: norasmoras@hotmail.com
  • Yoga classes every Tue and Thu, 9.15am-10.15am
  • Church service, every Sun 9am-12 midday

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Moving Planet Auckland

September 10th, 2011

350.org presents MOVING PLANET AUCKLAND –  a Day to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels

People of Auckland are gathering for a day of action to show our concern about the state of the planet and send a message to our leaders that we want action on climate change Saturday 24th September: the day of the All Blacks/ France game!

Dress up as your favourite fossil fuel alternative. Let’s create a visual spectacle of human wind turbines, electric train drivers etc. Or keep it simple and decorate yourself with the unifying symbol for the worldwide Moving Planet day: arrows to symbolise moving away from fossil fuels.
Those that are biking are meeting on at 11am at Wynyard Quarter playground for a moving planet bikeride. All those with two (or one) wheels are welcome to join.

Non-bikers will join the riders at 1pm at QEII Square on two feet, skateboards, tricycles, roller skates or roller blades.  We will march together up Queen Street to demonstrate together how much we need action on climate change- it a message to our leaders and peers that this IS important!
We’ll finish at Albert Park, where we will have a picnic, with vegetarian food available to purchase.

There’ll be music and kids entertainment too.
Come join us and show your support for New Zealand to move beyond fossil fuels – make your voice heard!

Times:
11.00 Gather at Wynyard Quarter at the playground
11.30 Bike Ride
13.00 All gather at QEII Square
13.30 March
14:00 Arrive at Albert Park for picnic/food/music/fun times

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Knitting the All Blacks- 10th of September at the Mt Eden Village Centre

August 26th, 2011

Can you knit?  Do you want to warm up the three ‘people’ (public art works, Richard Wedekind) in the playground at the back of Mt Eden village for the duration of the RWC?

Join us on September 10th at the Mt Eden Village Centre to knit their All Black jerseys. We need about a dozen people (so everyone’s fingers get a rest) – 6 in the morning and 6 in the afteroon. We will knit in stocking stich 6 rectangles (basically) and add collars, numbers and silver ferns afterwards.
Please contact Penny Hansen 630 0335 if you’d like to join us.

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Mt Eden Community Garden

August 16th, 2011

As winter is now in full swing and the garden growth has slowed right down, we have been doing maintenance. We have built 4 additional raised garden beds out of old pallets and have planted another strawberry bed. Currently growing in the garden we have garlic, leeks, sweet peas, beetroot and much more. If you are interested in coming down and meeting the gardeners we meet every Sunday (weather permitting) between 2-4pm. If you want to be involved please contact Michele via email: michele@locke.org.nz or by mobile: 021 2161684 or go to www.mecg.co.nz

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100 Citrus for schools:

August 10th, 2011

We had a wonderful day on Sunday the 7th of August providing 100 fruit trees to local schools
and kindergartens. 

All 100 fruit trees now have their roots down in their new garden homes in schools and
kindergartens all over Auckland.We would like to thank all the teachers and
parents for sharing our vision of free and healthy food by taking action and being involved in the ‘Citrus in schools’project.

We have three main goals with this project  - to support families with lowering their grocery bills; to encourage local food production;  and to teach children how to plant and care for fruit
trees.

Our commitment for July 2012 is to provide 500-1000 fruit trees to schools and kindergartens. If you want to be part of this project and suggest a site for the planting of a fruit tree please register on our website: www.fruittrees.org.nz. Best wishes, Your fruit tree ladies
 
Judith, Justine, Karen, and Jo

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