What a fantastic group of people came together last Saturday on the Central Coast for the Community Gardens Australia New South Wales Annual Gathering. There was such an atmosphere of sharing and caring among everyone that turned up, and the guest speakers provided such a conversational tone to their presentations. If there’s one thing I love, it’s the opportunity to be face-to-face and spend time across a day or an event interacting with people and of course, being inspired with new ideas, hearing about new projects and having your perspectives pushed and disturbed.

Hannah heads out on a bush food walk, Costa visits a prolific native nursery, Clarence explores a well-designed native garden, Jane meets a 91-year-old still gardening daily, Tammy uses leaves from the garden to make artistic prints and Sophie demonstrates how to calculate a tree’s protection zone.

Sophie explains how to measure and calculate a tree's protection zone.

Tammy demonstrates a simple craft technique for making prints from leaves.