Sustainable Gardening Australia (SGA) www.sgaonline.org.au
A not-for-profit, non-government-funded organisation.
HOMEGROWN - THE ART OF GARDENING SUSTAINABLY
An Exhibition to spread the word about sustainable gardening and raise funds for SGA
This is an exhibition of art designed to get us to think about gardening sustainably - and to spread the word about SGA (Sustainable Gardening Australia).
Friday 5th Feb - Sunday 14th Feb 2010
We have artists who are passionate about living sustainably and are keen to exhibit works in various media which respond to the idea of gardening sustainably, particularly growing our own food. Artworks range from vibrant colourful paintings of cabbages to ceramic cabbages, to photographs of carrots, to sculpture in clay or recycled metal, to intricate botanical illustrations to paintings of gardens.
Exhibition Opening: 6 to 8pm, Thursday 4th February 2010
Deborah Halpern, well known Melbourne sculptor will be opening the exhibition, and Jane Edmanson, author, garden identity and presenter on TV & radio, will also be at the opening.
For more information on this exhibition, go to the exhibition section at http://www.gallery.baag.com.au
Address: Bolin Bolin Gallery at Bulleen Art & Garden, 6 Manningham Rd W., Bulleen.
9850 5155. www.baag.com.au . www.gallery.baag.com.au
RSVP essential: Meredith@baag.com.au by 1st Feb
This is a neighbourhood event of the Sustainable Living Festival, supported by the City of Melbourne http://festival.slf.org.au
SGA does fantastic work helping us be sustainable in our back yards.
They are encouraging us to: • Grow our own food; create habitat for local fauna; grow indigenous plants and control of invasive plants; • Compost & mulch, recycle your waste, improve your soil, conserve your water; • Improve Water efficiency – tanks, mulch, rain gardens, grey-water use; • Use Natural pest control; Recycling, reducing, re-using; Etc, Etc
But, the big one now is the new program of SGA PODS - or local neighbourhood garden groups, mainly focused on helping each other grow our own food.
We hope to raise some funds to help them continue this vital work.
For more information about this ground breaking organisation and gardening sustainably go to www.sgaonline.org.au .