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    • Powlett Project
    • Korumburra
    • Anderson Inlet
    • Wonthaggi Urban
    • Gippsland Threatened Species Action Group
  • Our Programs
    • Sustainable Living >
      • 2023 Sustainability Festival
      • Available Anytime - Sustainability Resources
      • Sustainable Living Kit
      • Future Homes and Farms for 2040
    • Education
    • Training
    • Natural Resource Management >
      • Past Projects >
        • Ramsar Protection in Western Port
    • Sustainable Agriculture >
      • Growing Southern Gippsland Videos
      • Regenerative Agriculture Videos
      • Rapid Soil Assessment Videos
      • Soils of Southern Gippsland Videos
      • Landscape Restoration
      • Enhanced Knowledge and Protection of the Giant Gippsland Earthworm Project
    • Works Crew
    • Controlling Weeds
    • Controlling Pest Animals >
      • Controlling Rabbits >
        • Teaming Up to Tackle Rabbits
      • Controlling Foxes
      • Controlling Cats
      • Controlling Deer
      • Controlling Pigs
    • Nursery Group
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River Garden

You may have noticed the Bass Coast Landcare Network River Garden taking shape in the paddock on the Bass Highway between the BCLN office and the Bass River. The River Garden is a trials site for horticultural innovations that can be applied across the region from a household to commercial scale, that will also incorporate a community garden and education facilities.  The garden has been conceived as a co-creation with the local community and we would like to invite interested community members to participate.

To date we have planted a ‘water-wise’ orchard on a gentle slope in the north-west corner of the site,  a series of swale beds, nuttery and berry trellis with the guidance of horticultural expert Jarrod Ruch, former head ranger at The Briars on the Mornington Peninsula, local Horticulture Trainer Adrian James and Permaculture Guru Ric Coleman. 

​There is space and the opportunity at the River Garden for much, much more....
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At the centre of community involvement will be the community garden, a collaborative growing area in the middle of the site featuring a permaculture style food forest and a variety of organic vegetable beds. We can't wait to involve you in a range of Volunteer sessions and Master Classes to collaborate and learn together, some of the innovative solutions to grow our own, nutrient dense, sustainable food.  We also hope to eventually use the commercial kitchen in the Bass hall for cooking and preserving demonstrations with the wonderful produce from the garden.

New  volunteer  and Workshop Programs

We are very excited to get our community involved in our new River Garden Volunteer program which will run alongside our River Garden Workshop Days. Read below for more details. 

River Garden Blitz!!  Community Volunteer Sessions

Cool Weather Veggies and Feeding Your Garden From Your Own Backyard - With Rick Coleman
It's time to start thinking about cooler weather planting! Come along to this hands-on River Garden Blitz session on March 25th, where you will learn what to plant and where, as well as how to feed your soil using things you already have in your backyard.
This event will be run by Rick Coleman from the Southern Cross Permaculture Institute, and will include a free morning tea for those who register. Click the link for further info and to book your place!

https://coolweatherveggies.eventbrite.com.au
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Thanks to new funding from VicHealth, we will now be featuring speakers and demonstrations at each of our Monthly (second Saturday of the month) Blitz days, YAY! Please let us know if there is anything in particular you would like to learn about at the River garden and we will see what we can do.... ​
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Click here to download the latest version of our
​River Garden Community Plan and Map

River Garden Guiding Principles

  • Biologically centred, minimal chemical approach
  • Minimum waste
  • Sharing of knowledge, ideas and resources
  • Maximising energy flows and nutrient cycling on site
  • Growing for nutrient density and long term fertility
  • Increasing soil volume over time
  • Maximising production for available space, multiple use
  • Use of local resources

Community Projects

  • Collaborative and communal
  • Respectful and friendly
  • Tolerant, inclusive and embracing of differences
  • Self directed
  • Sourcing and sharing of skills and knowledge from cultural traditions in our wider community
  • Working with multiple partners                                       
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Current Projects

  • Swale beds for retaining water on slopes
  • Hops trial
  • Comparitive trials plot
  • Seedling business
  • Water supply
  • Water filtering
  • Community garden
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​BASS COAST LANDCARE NETWORK
2-4 BASS SCHOOL ROAD
BASS VIC 3991
T: (03) 5678 2335
E: info@basscoastlandcare.org.au

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The Bass Coast Landcare Network would like to acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Land Owners within the Network area, The Bunurong and Boon Wurrung people. We also recognise the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations in Land and Natural Resource Management.