A new year calls for a new season of kai gardens! As we approach February, we are preparing to start sowing new seeds and we need your help! We are currently on the lookout for supplies and awesome volunteers that can help get stuck into planting and watering. Our gardens run on the mahi and […]
We are wrapping up our first season of the Kai Gardens project as the summer grows ever hotter – there’s certainly no need for a greenhouse now! We still have a few more seedlings that need to find new homes, but it has been a fantastic pilot, and there are some thanks due before we […]
It’s only getting hotter, and as we head full swing into the heights of summer, it’s time to plant your tomatoes! Our Kai Gardens volunteers have been hard at work, and we now have a lovely range of heirloom toms, cucumber, cabbage, sorrel, celery, spinach, kale, kamo kamo and tomatillo ready to plant! We also […]
Our Kai Gardens volunteers have been doing some amazing mahi this past month, and the greenhouse is doing wonders for our seedlings! Plenty of seedlings are ready to go out into people’s gardens – kale, pak choy, lettuce, broccoli, spinach, sorrel, cabbage – with more varieties like fennel, coriander and tomatillos soon to come! The […]
Here’s the follow-up to Eddie’s seed sowing tutorial – what to do with your seedlings once they’ve sprouted! This is the time to be growing your seedlings and sowing them for the summer months. Eddie demonstrates a couple of ways to transplant your seedlings, and explains how it works on a commercial level for those […]
Eddie Welsh is generously sharing his knowledge and experience to mentor our Kai Gardens volunteers. Here, he’s demonstrating a few ways to sow seeds, which is what we’ll be doing once we’re out of Alert Level 3. If you, too, are feeling that spring-time urge to germinate some seeds and get planting but need a […]
While the seed-raising workshop for our new Kai Gardens volunteers had to be postponed due to Auckland being in Alert Level 3, work has been continuing behind the scenes! Al Reeve has been making floats for our new Kai Gardens greenhouse. These floats are used to level the seed raising mix in seedling trays, which […]
Thanks to a generous donation from HomeGrown Waiheke, WRT was able to purchase a greenhouse for seedling raising. This past week, community members answered the call for volunteers to help set up and run the WRT kai gardens, which will be used to grow produce and natives. The floor has been straightened and weed matting […]
As winter continues, our Kai Garden is settling in for the steady growth of brassicas and fennel. The basil that flourished over summer is going to seed but there is still plenty of it, so Centre visitors are welcome to take some home with them to add to sauces, salads or make homemade pesto from! […]
