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Whaingaroa/Raglan Seed Bank

Submitted by Fez on 5 August 2009 - 11:59am | Local news

Kia Ora all. There is now a seed bank at the Environment Centre in the Town Hall building. Most seeds are held in bulk so the cost is minimal. Bring little bags for any seed you need. You can purchase just a few seeds if that's all you need, or a few hundred grams for larger areas. All is by koha. Most are from Kings Seeds with some from Koanga Gardens, various other seed savers, and some locally sourced. It is my aim to move toward communal local seed production and acclimatising different varieties to our local climate. » Read more

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Open Day at the first Ooooby Store - Waiheke

Submitted by James Samuel on 12 January 2009 - 9:56pm | Blog entry

Ooooby is an acronym for Out Of Our Own Back Yards. It is an initiative that is all about inspiring, encouraging and enabling people to grow their own food. It has an online presence in the form of a social network site, and now a physical presence in the form of an Ooooby Store.

We took over the failing garden centre on January 1st, and beginning on Friday the 2nd, spent the last week running as we prepared for the Ooooby Store open day on Saturday.

There was much to be done.

The support from within the community and around the country was nothing short of amazing! I said to Pete Russell at one point early in the week, that we are in spirit with this project, it is going to happen with or without us. People kept showing up just at the right time to complete some part of the picture, bring a resource that was needed, or offer to bring more energy to the project. » Read more

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