The Rongotea Community Garden

23/05/2026

Congrats to David for winning our chainsaw fundraiser 😀

16/05/2026

Garden update

A fantastic working bee was held at the community garden last month, with a great turnout and plenty of hard work getting done.

A special thank you to Levi, his sister, and his two nieces for really getting stuck in — your efforts were hugely appreciated. Big thanks as well to Illona Faasen and our neighbour Hunter Smith, who spotted us working and came over to lend a hand — always great to see our younger community members getting involved!

Together, we managed to fill all garden beds and plant all the fruit trees, which is an awesome milestone for the project. A big thank you to Simon at All-Tree Services for donating mulch for our new fruit trees.

The chainsaw raffle has also been drawn, with DAVID TUCKER taking out the prize — congratulations! A huge effort from everyone who sold and purchased tickets; your support makes a real difference.

30/04/2026

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!
A huge thank you to everyone who sold & bought tickets.
Big shoutout to City Honda for generously donating the chainsaw.
CONGRATULATIONS to David Tucker - Ticket Number #161

30/04/2026

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!
A huge thank you to everyone who sold & bought tickets.
Big shoutout to City Honda for generously donating the chainsaw.
CONGRATULATIONS to David Tucker - Ticket Number #161

12/04/2026

09/04/2026

WANTED: 1.8m garden stakes or unwanted waratahs for community garden trees. Happy to pay.
TIA

08/04/2026

Hi all, Does anyone have any spare waratah's or metal rods they no longer need? With the storm hitting us on Sunday - we are wanting to ensure our new fruit trees don't clow away lol. Thanx SJ (Rongotea Community Garden)

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26/03/2026

If anyone has any non contaminated green waste that you want to get rid of...pls txt me on 027 515 6668 as we still need some garden bed fill. Thanx heaps

26/03/2026

A huge thank you to Paul at Natural Bark for donating 10 cubic meters of garden mix. And big thank you to Nick Walkley for organising. There are truly some amazing people in this world ❤️

18/03/2026

🌿 Exciting News! 🌿

We’re so excited to share that we’ve raised enough funds to purchase fruit trees for our community garden!

A huge thank you to Leafland Nurseries for their fantastic advice and great pricing – your support has made this possible.

The trees will be delivered just in time for our community garden working bee on the 11th 🌱

Here’s what we’ll be planting:
🍎 Apple - Red Delicious
🍏 Apple - Granny Smith
🍑 Plum - Black Doris
🍑 Plum - Japanese
🍋 Lemon - Meyer
🍋 Lemon - Yen Ben
🍎 Apricots - Royal Rosa
🍐 Pear - Doyenne du Comice
🍐 Pear - William Bon Chretien

We can’t wait to get these in the ground and growing for everyone to enjoy. See you at the working bee! 🌿

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