This month marks the debut of Sandgate’s very own organic nursery and café. The Garden Gate Nursery on Rainbow Street offers exceptional customer service, expert gardening advice top-notch organic gardening supplies, coffee, cake, and snacks in a welcoming nursery environment. You may find locally cultivated trees and seedlings, speciality gardening supplies, and cutting-edge equipment for sustainable horticulture and agriculture-equipment that works with nature rather than against it
Barry Batchelor, a permaculture designer, and award-winning organic gardener, offers his knowledge to the nursery as general manager. He can help you liven up your yard or delve beyond organic gardening. In the past ten years. I have locally developed a 2000 m2 food forest that is 100% spray-free on poor-quality acid sandy loam soils.
Mycorrhizae. trichoderma. remineralization. perennial legumes, and high amounts of fungi-inoculated timber/leaf litter are a few of the advanced organic practises that ‘ve integrated biochar into.
I have also collaborated with top researchers, agronomists. commercial compost and fertiliser companies, farmers, and sellers of soil products, I also run a profitable business selling low emission biochar machines.
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Workshops in permaculture, organic gardening, composting. and landscape design are to come, and there are soon to be plans to sell organic produce.
Regular acoustic music performances and art exhibits, as well as an opening day ceremony, will be offered by the nursery and cafe, all meticulously curated by local knowledge.
The Garden Gate Nursery, a recent addition to SEED Parks and Property Maintenance, winner of the 2014 Australian Small Social company of the year award is SANDBAG’s newest social company. These businesses help the 4017 community in delivering essential services by maintaining and funding the
wonderful work of our neighbourhood community facilities
