Save Peppertree Place

We have 4-6 weeks to Save Peppertree  This week staff and volunteers of the wonderful Peppertree place were told by Uniting (formerly Unitingcare/Kildonan) were told that they would be closed down within 4-6 weeks.  With the public shut out in 4 weeks. Previously they were being told they would remain open until November. Time is critical now if we want to save Pepppertree, can you join me in signing this online petition to CEO of Uniting Paul Linosie and sharing it with other friends and family who love the place like you do.  This is a disgrace on the part of Uniting. Leaving remaining staff and volunteers who have spent years dedicated to this organisation with nothing an no support in this time. Many of whom have built up the amazing supportive community through their work with the organisation.  Other things you can do.  Join the Save Peppertree place Facebook group to stay in touch with what is happening day to day.  Come to our next Action meeting at 12.30 on Saturday 18th August at Peppertree place.  If you belong to an organisation that could write a letter of support for Peppertree email us. We have some templates and information to assist us.  If you have a location we can have paper petitions out for people to sign please email us to get a downloadable copy.  There is some good news we are growing and growing fast.  Our first meeting 2 and half weeks ago was attended by 12 people.  Then out meeting last Saturday was attended by an amazing 60 people see the picture above, we have over 300 people in our community action Facebook group in a little over 3 weeks.  That is amazing but lets keep growing.  Last night Moreland council unanimously moved a motion supporting Peppertree place being retained for our community. Moreland leader and 3CR radio are talking about our plight we have to get this out to more people.  But so many of our community value Peppertree and we have people power on our side.  So make sure you share the petition and show Uniting that we want to keep the amazing space they have been able to create for our community.  See you at the next action meeting at Peppertree on the 18th of August at 12.30.  So lets Save Peppertree place together!

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Open Gate at Peppertree Place in June With our new neighbours the Coburg Farmers Market opening next door, we have been opening our cafe every Saturday (not just the 1st Saturday of each month) to see what the passing trade would look like - and quite frankly it looks great!! We've been welcoming new visitors and customers who have never been to Peppertree before - never knew we existed (we get that a lot!). While we appreciate all that our volunteers do to keep this going, we acknowledge that it will be a huge challenge for us to sustain into the future. SO thanks for supporting our little social enterprise, volunteer powered nursery and popup cafe.   Read More Coming up at Peppertree.. Ukulele Ewie will be playing some sweet tunes at the 7th July Open Gate. Ewie tells me he's been busy recording and we look forward to hearing him again! Catch him here Thanks heaps... Made by Jane Catering for the amazing array of sweets and treats made every weekend for Open Gate! Peppertree Place Nursery and Gardens Powered by volunteers, this little nursery grows all its own seasonal, heirloom vegetable and herb seedlings, natives and exotics that will happily flourish in your local garden. We make gardening affordable and accessible.

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Hi there,

Peppertree Place is opening its cafe every Saturday in June along with the Nursery, serving sweet and savoury treats, great coffee and tea.  

And yep - open this long weekend!!

Open Gate Saturdays: 10 am till mid-afternoon! 

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Open Gate This Saturday June 2nd

By Tasha van Velzen on May 29, 2018 04:43 pm

Open Gate - Saturday, 2nd June

From 8am...

The usual popup Pavilion Cafe will be serving sweet and savoury treats accompanied by great coffee and a range of teas. The People Powered Plant Nursery is brimming with Autumn seasons' seedlings and huge range of plants. Don't forget our fresh food swap is a local hub for our community to meet, greet and swap garden excess, recipes, preserves, flowers and seeds. Family friendly urban oasis in the heart of Coburg! Gates open @ 8am.

North Coburg PS school band take the stage this Saturday!

 

Live Music from 10.30am

Coburg North Primary Schoolis proud of it's vibrant and inclusive music program. Every student has the opportunity to sing, play and create music in a variety of ways. Students use a wide range of instruments as well as the latest digital technologies. There are multiple bands, choirs and student ensembles which regularly perform at school functions and in the local community. 

Workshops on this Weekend...

Grow your own Berries with Diana Cotter - @11am

Come and learn how to plant, prune and maintain all sorts of berries to maximise harvests.

Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries- grow in the ground , raised beds or pots.

Why pay high prices for hard and tasteless fruit-when  it’s so easy to grow your own

Bamboo for the Backyard with Munir - @12pm

Giant Grass specialize in creating bamboo products and structures. Their interest in bamboo is grounded with the intention to foster the use of this structurally high-performing, low cost and ecologically sustainable material in small-scale building industry. To achieve this vision we not only engage in design and building of bamboo structures but also conduct hands-on construction workshops imparting awareness about the possibilities with bamboo. 

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Open Gate 5th May 10am-4pm This month will be a doozy with so much going on - live music, an art exhibition and our annual scarecrow making competition judging day!  The Pavilion Cafe will be serving sweetness in every mouthful - Made by Jane cakes and treats. A low to no food miles menu will be served from 12pm - always affordable, fresh and tasty! A huge harvest of pumpkins from our garden will be on this month's menu for sure - just a little hint!!

Annual Scarecrow Making Comp Judging takes place at 11.30am with prizes to win from our Nursery!! Open to all individuals, schools, community groups and families. Please bring your scarecrow in prior to Saturday for set up in the garden or on the day before 11am, 5th May. Art Exhibition Ann McGinley and Mel Lazarow Local Coburg artists both share their fascinating works in paint, multimedia and textiles. Viewing in the big house at Peppertree Place from 10am. Enter your scarecrow in the comp this Saturday - judging at 11.30am The Walter Boys Catch this trio from 11am this Saturday - cool original folksy popsy Frenchy kind of guys

A Peppertree Place Nature Playgroup for 3-5 year olds aims to start up in May - if you're interested in joining this group then please contact Vicky at vicksgarden@gmail.com orcome and have a chat this Saturday from 12pm at Open Gate, Peppertree Place. The IncrEdible Coburg Food Swap will be at its usual central hub at Peppertree and we welcome you to bring along your excess garden produce to swap with other like minded and green fingered growers! It's free and fresh to everyone and if you don't have veggies to swap it doesn't matter, swap recipes, swap yarns, swap seeds or cut flowers - you'll meet Liz who is our amazing swapper of everything extraordinaire!!   Peppertree Place is a People Powered Plant Producing Peaceful Place with Proceeds Put towards Pleasant Plant Projects Volunteers always welcome please enquire: nvanvelzen@kildonan.org.au

Scarecrow Making Competition

Peppertree Place are running their annual Scarecrow Making Comp and judging will take place on Saturday 5^th May at 11.30am.

Entry is open to everyone – individuals, families, schools, community groups and go in the running for prizes from Peppertree Place Nursery.

Bring your ready-made scarecrow to our Open Gate 5^th May monthly event - you can bring it in between 1^st and 4^th May or prior to judging time at 11.30am on the day.

See flyer for details.

For more info contact Tash on 0431 494 773 or email inquiries to nvanvelzen@kildonan.org.au

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April Open Gate 10am - 4pm This month's open gate will be a corker with a magical line of things to see, do, listen, eat, drink and get down and dirty in the garden! What's on.... A free composting and worm farm workshop with Tash starts at 11am - learn the ins and outs of making the best garden resource from scratch. Plant health begins with soil health so close the loop at your house turning your organic scraps into garden gold!! Live Music this month features local Coburg musicians Well Swung starting at 11.30am   Food Fermentation is a skill that you should literally have under your belt - chat with Gemma Macri about the balance between food and nature and sign on to her workshop series to be held in April\May. From 1pm-1.30pm The usual fresh garden produce swap table will be heaving under the excess of seasonal change and be sure to check out our Peppertree Nursery for seedlings to grow right now! Read More Upcoming Events... Munir from Giant Grass Design and is booked in for June 2nd Open Gate. GGD hold workshops here at Peppertree Place from time to time (one coming up in April ) and will conduct an introductory workshop on 'Bamboo for the Backyard'. Best Berries Workshop - 2nd June 2018 Diana Cotter will help you get the best out of your berry plants through good gardening technique and pruning. Details to follow... Upcoming music The Walter Boys are Melbourne lads who will win your beating heart with their amazing vocals and musicianship - look out for them at the May 5th Open Gate.

Peppertree Place

Peppertree Place opens up for its first Saturday for 2018 this Saturday 3rd February, 10am-2pm

Our monthly Open Gate features our Peppertree Popup Cafe serving amazing Wild Timor coffee, a great selection of teas accompanied by handmade sweet treats and fresh cooked lunch and salad from our garden. 

The Nursery is restocking its organically raised edible seedlings - ready to go are cos lettuces, silverbeet and range of brassicas including cabbage, brussel sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower. We have plenty of perennial herbs like thyme, rosemary, mints - Moroccan tea, Vietnamese and common are in stock as well as sage, lemon grass, garlic chives and French tarragon. Plus heaps of natives and lush exotics for every garden.

Bring your family, your pets (on leashes), your compost (we are a community compost hub) and enjoy our abundant garden spaces and explore this urban garden oasis!

512 Sydney Road, Coburg. Corner of Sydney Rd and Urquhart St - opposite Pentridge Prison. Main gate on Urquhart St. 

Bike parking on site. Car parking on Urquhart St all day on Saturdays. Tram 19 at back door.