Narooma Community Garden

The community garden in the school

Wonderful opportunityThe Narooma Public School invited Narooma District Community Gardens Inc. to establish a community garden in the primary school grounds in exchange for involving the students in some activities.

Amazing siteThe site is north facing and gets good winter sun. It may need a windbreak to protect plants from the salty, north easterly sea breezes.

Locating the enclosed garden

We chose the flat part of the site for the main garden and this will be enclosed in a polypipe and wire structure to keep out birds, possums and footballsfrom theadjacentoval.

Building raised bedsIn the enclosure there will be 4 raised beds for annual vegetables, some ground level beds and fruit trees/shrubs that need protection.

Crop rotationThe 4 beds will be used to demonstrate a crop rotation system to members and students.

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4Bed 1(NW)

Fruiting vegetables

Root crops & alliums

Legumes Leaf crops & brassicas

Bed 2(NE)

Leaf crops & brassicas

Fruiting vegetables

Root crops & alliums

Legumes

Bed 3(SE)

Legumes Leaf crops & brassicas

Fruiting vegetables

Root crops & alliums

Bed 4(SW)

Root crops & alliums

Legumes Leaf crops & brassicas

Fruiting vegetables

More fruit trees

We’ll care for the existing fruit trees such as the fig and

the peach tree

and plant more within the school grounds, eg dwarf fruit trees that students can manage