It’s been
another busy month for the Friends of the Farm (FOF) team, with a pop-up stall
at the library, a sewing bee, our ever-popular beeswax wrap workshop and
supporting the Department of Conservation and Ambury Farm with the Kiwi Guardians Walk.
Our pop-up stalls at the Mangere Bridge library continue to be a great opportunity to talk to people about the different
initiatives FOF is involved with in the community, as well as to give
one-to-one support to reduce household waste.
The beeswax
wrap workshop last month attracted a group of 24 people and was, once again, a
lovely time to meet and talk rubbish! A
smaller group joined us for the bi-monthly sewing bee at the Farm, adding a few
more bags to our growing Tote All Recall community bag collection. With Fresh Choice set to ditch plastic bags very soon, the time is certainly ripe for our reusable cloth bags.
The Kiwi
Guardians walk, run by the Department of Conservation, is promoted as ‘an
activity programme for kids to learn about nature, earn cool rewards and go on
epic family adventures’. This month,
Ambury Farm hosted the event and FOF stepped up to lend a hand, providing
volunteer support from our community for the various activities on the
day. Around 1000 people attended from
all over Auckland, enjoying the opportunity to take part in some farm
activities, including feeding the animals, making butter, exploring the lava
cave and milking a cow. Big thanks to our young people and others who helped out with the activities on the day.
WHAT’S PLANNED FOR THE REST OF 2018
- Saturday 3 November, 2.30pm
Screening of the film ‘Edible Paradise’ in the Barn, in partnership with Live Lightly. The movie was made over five years as part of the
Localising Food Project and travels to the four corners of Aotearoa to meet
local food campaigners instrumental in creating community orchard and food
forest projects in their patch. Come along and meet like-minded locals, mingle and share ideas over a
cuppa and cake and make clay seed balls to take home. If you’re worried about baby-sitting, fear not, one of our lovely
volunteers will be just next door doing crafts and games with the kids. Please RSVP to friends@fof.nz for catering purposes.
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Wednesday 7 November 5-6pm Foreshore
clean up from the
carpark at start of Kiwi Esplanade .
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Saturday 24 November Pop-up at the
Mangere Bridge Library. Come down and find out more about FOF and how to reduce waste at your place.
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Saturday 24 November, 2-3:30pm
Eco-Christmas gift workshop at the Farm. If you’d like to
know how to make seed paper, cute wet-felted gifts, advent calendars and
stocking fillers as well as alternatives to wrapping paper. Keep an eye on our
Facebook page for details and be sure to RSVP at friends@fof.nz .
