Garden Insights - Clint White's Garden

Garden Insights + Share Table

Garden Insights: Clint White's Garden

Sunday 3 November 2024

2.00 pm - 4.30 pm

39 Rebwonga Street, Kingsthorpe Q 4400

This event is organised by Permaculture Toowoomba Inc.

Bookings are Essential

Bookings are essential so that we have contact details and know how many will be attending.

What We'll Do

We’ll start at 2.00 pm with a welcome and introduction. We like to visit a range of different gardens, each as unique as the gardeners who live there. It’s wonderful to see the diverse garden styles, approaches, and plants that can be grown in our bioregion.

This month we'll visit Clint White's evolving garden at Kingsthorpe where his children delight in watching the chickens and growing and harvesting edible plants.

What We'll See 

• Starting slow and not being afraid to adapt and change
• Making Biochar at home

The Story Behind the Garden (a few words from Clint)

After moving to the property in January 2022, we are slowly starting to see progress from a weedy grass yard. The driver behind the garden is the joy my kids get from watching the chickens and plants grow and harvesting the bounties. As with all gardens, it is a work in progress.

About Clint

I'm a fitter and turner currently working for a company designing and manufacturing control traffic farming products. With my father's dislike for mowing I was lucky to grow up owning and showing Alpacas. Followed by my high school I operated a working dairy. These experiences sparked my desire to farm and produce my own food. Seeing Joel Salatin speak in 2014 pushed me to pursue regenerative practices and permaculture.

Afternoon Tea (provided)

A light afternoon tea will be provided (including Gluten Free and Vegan options).

What to Bring

• KeepCup or similar for your drink at afternoon tea (we're trying to minimise waste) 
• Chair
• Water Bottle
• Sun protection
• Clothes and footwear suitable for outdoor weather conditions
• Donations of surplus produce for the Share Table

Share Table

Do you have surplus?

We encourage you to bring your surplus produce, plants, seeds, books, craft supplies, and resources to share with others at our events.

Some ideas of what you could bring include – fruit, vegetables, herbs, eggs, honey, milk, jams, pickles, preserves, jars, ferments, starters, SCOBYs, seeds, plants, seedlings, cuttings, tubers, pots, tools, gardening magazines, permaculture books, recipes, patterns, manure, coffee grounds, compost additives, worms, mealworms, wool, fabric, craft supplies, soap, natural cleaning products, plastic alternatives, produce bags – the list is extensive.

Please bring whatever you can and then take home whatever you need within our culture of generosity and free sharing

Parking

Please minimise parking on the street which can be very busy and potentially dangerous. Preferably park nose into the property on the nature strip.

Access

The property is sloped and ground is undulating. Care is to be taken.

Children are always welcome with close adult supervision for their safety.

We hope we see you there!

Cost

• Financial Members of Permaculture Toowoomba Inc. - Free
• First-time Visitors to a Permaculture Toowoomba Inc. Event - Free
• Non-Members - $10 per person
• Children attending with an Adult - Free (but please book so we know the total numbers)

Membership

Annual Membership of Permaculture Toowoomba Inc. is due by 31 December each year. It's only $40 per person or $30 for a second or subsequent adult living in the same home.  After 30 June, fees are 1/2 price for 1/2 year.

If you join now, membership is valid for until the end of 2024. 

Members can attend all events and workshops during the year at no cost. You can pay your membership at checkout when you book to attend this event.

Please complete a Membership form which will be available at the event for anyone wishing to join, or available here for download at http://www.permaculturetoowoomba.com.au/membership/