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The Fig Tree Community Garden at the Croatian Wickham Sports Club is a project by the people for the people.

The project was born out of common goals shared by the Committee Members to the garden in

  • growing things organically,

  • developing the community and

  • improving the environment

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Community Kitchen plus Farewell for Euri, Tom and Guillermo
Fri 12 Feb from 5pm

Tom, Euri and Guillermo are part of the furniture at Fig Tree and if you have been to a working bee or community kitchen in the last 5 years, chances are you know them.  They constantly deliver loads of joy, wisdom and plants to Fig Tree (not to mention their remarkable talent with that pizza oven). 

 

This will be Euri, Tom and Guillermo's last Friday at the Garden for a while, as they leave for 10 months in Venezuela the following week. Please come and share one of Tom's bocconcini and anchovy pizza specials, or maybe even one of Euri's Cuban style pork roasts.

BYO something to bake or a few pizza toppings.


Coming Up
(dates tba)

  • Seniors Week Open day – late March
  • Cheese making workshop
  • Bee Keeping workshop
  • Food Preserving workshop


Regular Events:

On the last Sunday of each month (except December) we have our Community Working Bee: 10am-lunch. A little gardening, a little catch up, and a wood fired lunch. Hope to see you there for the usual fare.


From 9am every Thursday tends to be a family day at the Fig, fit for parents with young kids, all welcome.


Come along to our monthly Community Kitchen at 5pm, on the 2nd Friday of each month. Bring something to cook in our wood-fired oven and good company. A nice way to wind up the week.



Thank you

Fig Tree Community Garden is grateful for the generous support given by the following major sponsors:

Croatian Wickham Sports Club
Hunter TAFE
Newcastle City Council
Hunter Water

Fig Tree is also greatly appreciative for support provided by other sponsors in the form of in-kind contributions and small cash donations. Thankyou Hamilton Home Hardware, RailCorp, Concrush, Trees In Newcastle, Verge Landscape Architects, Beanstalk Organic Food Co-op, OK Community Care - Work for the Dole, KU Pre School, Links to Learning, NUSA, Stomp, Newcastle Family Support Services (Mens Group)

Thank you to the individuals who have given blood, sweat and cheers.
To those who have: Planned, dreamt, cooked, networked, built greenhouses, supervised, dug ponds, organised events, planted, pulled weeds, spread mulch, laid newspaper, made mosaics, donated plants, turned compost, fed worms, collected materials, laid pavers, attended meetings, designed posters, spread gravel, designed banners, watered, designed signs, applied for grants, applied for sponsorship, delivered fliers, built scarecrows and much more….


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©2009 Fig Tree Community Garden
Website designed by Kerry

Sponsored by
Croation Wickham Sports Club, Hunter TAFE,
Newcastle City Council, Hunter Water

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In return for the generous support from sponsors and individuals in the community,
Fig Tree provides:

  • organic food
  • countless smiles
  • knowledge on growing food
  • art
  • skill development
  • entertainment
  • community networking
  • cultural diversity
  • sustainable development
  • water wisdom
  • waste reduction
  • demonstrations of engaging community development
  • stock of native and exotic food producing plants
  • innovation and opportunity
  • FUN!