Come and learn how to grow your own delicious edible mushrooms!  A popular and fascinating way to grow your own protein at home, mushroom kits require minimal maintenance and produce flushes of delicious mushrooms. Understanding the specific requirements for doing this well will make all the difference.

This Growers of Wellington workshop will be run by Tim Packer, a permaculture practitioner and community gardener with a passion for fungi. Tim has been trialling various cultivation techniques for gourmet Oyster mushrooms up at Innermost Gardens, a long-standing, lush community garden in Mt Victoria, Wellington. 

In a jam-packed hour Tim will share with us his insights into the important role of fungi in our soil food web systems and lessons learnt from his gourmet oyster mushroom cultivation trials, including a demonstration of a simple cultivation technique, using food safe buckets.

Workshop Location - The Willis street end of Bond Street in the Te Ara Taiao Shipping container. 

Vermicomposting / Worm Farming is a fantastic way to turn food scraps into a nutrient rich garden food while cutting down household waste, storing carbon and reducing methane emissions. This lunchtime workshop will give you the basics of getting a worm farm started - including a container of worms to get you going! We'll talk about wormy troubleshooting and how to use that beautiful dark compost and 'juice' your worms will make!

Hosted by the amazing Jess Barnes from Edible Earth Hampshire St Porirua Urban Farm.

The Well powered by CoLiberate + Growers of Wellington collaboration.

Gardening is a proven therapeutic activity to enhance mental and physical health and wellbeing. Come and connect with nature and do something for yourself and your city on your lunch break. Join us for activities and kōrero on Bond street at the Te Ara Taiao shipping container and the Bond st planter box community demonstration gardens!

There will be opportunities to garden, learn more about community food growing projects, take home free vegetable and flower seeds and recycled pots! Help out with painting some big bold and bright signs for the gardens or just come for a chat. You can learn more about The Well and unwind with a cup of tea and some colouring in.

Join the Bond Street Community Garden Working Bee! Happening on the first Wednesday of every month. Stay for as little or as long as you’re able. Seedlings, compost, gloves and tools provided. Come and contribute to this inner city demonstration garden. Benefit from some sponsored giveaways and find out more about awesome local food and restoration projects happening in your city.
Location: The Bond Street Planter Boxes. Bond Street, Te Aro, Wellington Central, between Willis and Victoria Streets.

Come to the Bond Street Shipping Container and get some seedlings! Free vegetable, edible flower and herb plant seedlings will be available to take home and plant. Ask questions about the best plants for Wellington’s climate, and find out about more local food and native reserve restoration projects you can contribute to.
Location: The Bond Street Shipping Container.
Cost: Free.
NB: Koha (donations to the project) will be accepted but not expected.

Come and plant up a delicious variety of leafy greens and edible flowers you can take home for your balcony. We will use recycled pots and planters, feel free to bring something to plant up if you have it. Compost and potting mix will be provided. A nice and quick workshop you can fit into your lunch break. Learn how to care for and harvest your lettuces so they last longer too!
Location: The Bond Street Shipping Container. Bond Street, Te Aro, Wellington City.
Cost: Free. Koha appreciated. (Recommended Koha $5-20) Can be paid via our donation portal.

Dig into some gardening on your lunch break! Bond street is the home of our central city community garden. It’s a row of 8 large planter boxes with a mixture of edible and native plants. Working bees are happening on the first Wednesday of the month from 11am - 1:30pm. Compost and seedlings provided. Tools and gloves will be available to borrow. Come and do some weeding, trimming, watering and planting. Ask questions, enjoy a break outside and get to know some more keen beans from your community.