Garden Insights - Yvonne Rosman's Garden

Garden Insights + Share Table

Yvonne Rosman's Garden 

Sunday 6 April 2025

2.00 pm - 4.30 pm

at 4 Mallon Street, Rangeville, Q 4350

This event is organised by Permaculture Toowoomba Inc.

Bookings are Essential

Please book so we have your contact details and know how many will be attending.

There will be only 40 tickets available to current financial members only. If you'd like to attend, please book as soon as possible.

We have a waitlist set up. If you book and find you can no longer attend please cancel so someone on the waitlist can take your place.

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 Yvonne's nature-inspired urban garden.

What We'll See 

• A north facing triangular block with lawn on the verge only.
• The main focus is the environment with Australian Native plants for the wildlife.
• Edibles fill in spaces and edges.
• Composting eliminates a green bin and green clippings go on the gardens to minimise impact of drought and rain events.

The Story Behind the Garden

• Yvonne has been a resident for 24 years with 3 garden transformations during that time.
• The latter leads to a wild bushy treed plot suitable for a free range wild woman.
• Currently the garden has a Bower with an active flirt.

Other important things to know.

• Please carpool as there is limited street parking. 
• For safety it's important to park away from the corner.
• This is a small garden with narrow paths, so there will be a limit of 40 attendees.

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.

Directions and Parking

4 Mallon Street, Rangeville, is the only blue house in the street. It's opposite number 19. 

Car pooling is essential, so please organise to travel with 2 or 3 others. Please park away from the corner.

Access

This garden is unsuitable for mobility aids. The garden tracks are single file, uneven, and covered with sticks and leaves.

Cost

• Financial Members of Permaculture Toowoomba Inc. - Free
• First-time Visitors to a Permaculture Toowoomba Inc. Event - $10 per person
• Non-Members - $20 per person
• Children attending with an Adult - Free (but please book so we know the total numbers)

Membership 2025

Annual Membership of Permaculture Toowoomba Inc. is due by 31 December each year. It's only $50 per person or $40 for a second or subsequent adult living in the same home.  

Financial Members can attend events and workshops during the year at no cost. 

You can pay your membership for 2025 at checkout when you book to attend this event.

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