Kia ora koutou

A very quick update from RECAP this month.

New workshop alert!

Broke Gardening. A variation on our Beginner Gardening workshops. This is aimed at those without any (or much) gardening experience. A how-to on creating vegetable garden beds and (renter friendly) container gardening from scratch with as little money as possible; using easily found free and cheap resources. We will also cover easy to grow winter edibles, pest control methods and free and cheap fertilizers. Kids are welcome with their caregivers. Hot drinks and afternoon tea provided. $10 waged $5 unwaged and students. Please register at recap.org.nz

The RECAP AGM rolls back around on Wednesday June 11th 7pm at the Village Valley Centre (centennial room). All are welcome. Come see what we’ve been up to for the past year and what our plans are for the next year. If you’d like to get involved this is a great way to meet the board and other volunteers.

Ngā mihi nui to the kids that replanted the Ashhurst Library garden beds (around the back of the building) during the school holidays. It was a pretty rough, windy day and you all powered through to get the winter veg in the ground. Together we planted silverbeet, perpetual spinach, lettuces, spring onions, flat and curly parsley and celery. This garden is free for the public to pick from, so next time you need a handful of greens for dinner swing by.

Keep your eye on our socials and website as we’re working on another Preserving Workshop with the wonderful Supergans - looking like July at this stage

As always - a huge ngā mihi to all of the regular and casual volunteers who make up RECAP. The time and energy you give means we can maintain the projects and services that help make our community a wonderful place to be.

Photo from the April Crop Swap