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November - December 2020
G A R D E N I N G F O R R E C R E AT I O N , O C C U PAT I O N A N D W E L L- B E I N G
I N SI DE TH IS ISSU E:
2 C EO R epo rt 8 S at u r days at kh g
- Josh Fergeus 9 vo lu n t e e r in g
3 w e need t he to il et ! - Amy Piesse
4 TAFE 10 n u rs e ry ne ws
5 P ep p ert r ee p lac e - Lilli Johnston
- Samantha Dunn 11 pla n t s pot l i g h t
7 G ROW Co mm unit y 11 dat es fo r d i a ry
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CEO REPORT
the remaining funds required to install a new
accessible toilet complete with hoist and adult
change table at our Doncaster site. Please
share far and wide. It’s extremely important
Josh Fergeus, to us that all members of our community are
Chief Executive Officer able to access our services, and this is a very
necessary piece of infrastructure.
We’ve made it through 2020! The
KHG community has been so resilient I’m excited to welcome back Tracy Ellis
and supportive throughout this year. from long service leave, returning to KHG as
Congratulations on the way you’ve worked our Principal Practitioner in January 2021.
together and seen each other through. Please give Tracy a warm welcome as she
returns to this new role where she will focus
As the year winds down we find ourselves on the KHG experience and continuous
with an abundance of excellent stock in improvement.
our nurseries thanks to our wonderful
horticulturists and enthusiastic participants. Lastly, I’m proud to say that KHG has
I encourage you to get along to grab a bargain been recognised as a Keep Victoria
as we offer a special discount before we close Beautiful Sustainable Cities finalist. It’s a
for Christmas. great endorsement of the team’s work in
trying circumstances. Stay safe, and keep
You will all have seen our Chuffed.org gardening!
crowdfunding campaign which aims to secure
Victor potting up a succulent terrarium for the Doncaster nursery
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We need the toilet!
We work with a wide range of people people with complex physical support
who have various physical and cognitive needs can join our inclusive community
disabilities and who need varying levels of and experience first-hand the incredible
support. Our gardens are wonderful but our therapeutic and developmental benefits of
buildings are dated and not everyone can our nature-based programs.
access our toilets. This is a huge practical
problem for many people who want to take You can join us
part in our fantastic programs but who need Accessible toilets with hoists and change
an accessible toilet! We all need a toilet! tables don’t come cheap! We have already
raised $29,000 from grant applications but
Here’s what we’re doing about it we still need to raise a further $41,000. Over
So, we are going to build a fully accessible Christmas and New Year 2020/21 please
toilet on-site at Kevin Heinze Grow in donate to our campaign to help us make
Doncaster. It will have wide doorway access Kevin Heinze Grow accessible for everybody!
for wheelchairs and walkers and an integrated
automated hoist and change table. From all of us here at KHG, we would like
to say a huge thank you to everyone who has
The new toilet facility will mean that many donated so far! We appreciate your support.
Donate to KHG’s ‘we need the toilet fundraiser’
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KHG Participant Holly with TAFE Instructor Helen
TAFE enrolments now open
KHG is excited to again be partnering with options and education pathways that meet
Box Hill Institute in 2021 to deliver tailored your goals. You’ll be encouraged in a fun way
educational opportunities for people with to build your independence and resilience.
disabilities.In 2021, we will be hosting: Your needs will be considered and teaching
will be tailored to encourage your success.
1. Certificate I in Transition Education
(Monday and Wednesday) (1 year) 3. Certificate II in Work Education -
Horticulture (Tuesday) (1 year)
This engaging transition education course
will support your special learning needs and This work education course will give you the
encourage your confidence to get actively skills you need to explore the job roles within
involved in the community. You will develop the horticulture industry, learn about work
the skills to take part in social events or place safety and understand the behaviours
investigate volunteering, jobs or further that are required to get and keep a fantastic
study pathways. job!
2. Certificate I in Work Education These accredited qualifications are offered
(Tuesday and Thursday) (1 year) through our core program. If you would
like to express your interest in commencing
This education course is ideal if you want a TAFE course with KHG, please contact
to improve your employment skills in the Client Services team at clientservices@
a comfortable and nurturing learning kevinheinzegrow.org.au
environment so that you can explore work
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Peppertree
place Samantha Dunn
Site Manager - Peppertree Place
We’ve just come through the other side of a with all sorts of varieties including Dynamite,
massive tomato season here at Peppertree Mammoth Purple and Bluesky Silverskin.
Place. Our cut flower garden is looking gorgeous
and is the go-to place for bees and butterflies,
With a total of 17 varieties, locals had plenty and it’s so lovely to enjoy vases of cut flowers
to choose from, some of them quite exotic, in our nursery and café.
especially the Traveller’s Tomato! Hope
yours are faring well, we’re getting reports The site here is quite constrained in terms of
of some plants already fruiting. Unusual managing the number of people onsite which
varieties don’t end with tomatoes, our garlic has meant that we still cannot incorporate
harvest produced some great results too, volunteers into our Horticulture programs,
A bumper garlic harvest including Mammoth Purple, Dynamite, Italian Late and more!
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and we need to keep some of the site off-
limits to the public but we’re delighted to
now offer dining in options at the Peppertree
Café.
In 2021 the café is open on Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Fridays (8:30am to 1:30pm), to
eat in or take away, with an expanded menu,
it’s wonderful to welcome the community
to sample some fabulous cooking from our
participants. Our hospitality program is
booming and we have even more budding
baristas on hand to make your coffee of
choice.
Our next propagation adventure is growing a
range of natives by seed, it’s sometimes quite
a process, but we look forward to seeing some
great results and having some wonderful
native plants for you in our nursery.
Wishing you all a safe and happy festive Native callistemon seedlings in the hothouse at
season from the team at Peppertree Place. Peppetree Place
Beautiful pink and white cosmos flowers growing in Peppertree’s ‘cut flower garden’
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GROW Community
Social Gardening for Refugees and People Seeking Asylum
Kevin Heinze Grow, with the support of Moreland City Council and VicHealth, is providing free weekly
gardening sessions for refugees and asylum seekers at the Peppertree Place gardens in 2021:
• connect with and support others in the • share cultural connections through gardening
community and food
• learn about plant care, growing plants and • program concludes with a shared feast using
edible gardening some of the food grown
• grow vegetables and herbs • no gardening experience required
• Halal lunch provided at each session • free to attend
Who: Refugees and asylum seekers (all ages welcome)
Where: Peppertree Place, 512 Sydney Rd, Coburg 3108
When: Starts in February 2021
Cost: Free!
If you or someone you know is interested in attending these sessions, please contact us to find out more:
isabella@kevinheinzegrow.org.au (03) 9848 3695 www.kevinheinzegrow.org.au
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This project is supported and funded by Moreland City Council and VicHealth.
Andy and Dwij in the gardens at Doncaster
Saturdays at khg
Why not visit KHG on Saturdays in 2021 for
plants and programs… KHG SATURDAY HOURS:
• Doncaster 9am – 1pm
• Supported programs with a retail nursery
• Coburg 9am – 2.30pm
focus suitable for NDIS participants at
Doncaster and Coburg
Please contact our friendly Client
• Hospitality program – tailored training
Services Team at clientservices@
for people with disabilities in barista and
kevinheinzegrow.org.au to find out
front-of-house hospitality at Coburg
more.
• Great range of quality plants at KHG
nurseries – open to the public, Doncaster
and Coburg
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KHG volunteering
Amy Piesse, popular member of the team. Jeff volunteers
Community Liasion Officer twice a week, helping the hort team in the
garden and providing valuable 1-1 session
We are very excited to be able to gradually with participants such as Julian.
welcome back volunteers to our Doncaster
site. One of the first to return is Jeff. He is We are looking forward to welcoming back
pictured (below) with Julian doing some 1-1 more volunteers in the new year. While we
numeracy activities in the garden. are extending the offer to existing volunteers
first, we are also slowly working through
Jeff is one of our longest standing volunteers, expressions of interest that we have received
having started with KHG 10 years ago! Over this year. Thanks so much for your support
the years he has grown to be an active and and patience!
KHG Participant Julian and long-term volunteer Jeff working together on numeracy tasks
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The core program at Doncaster
Nursery news
Lilli Johnston, thousands of native seedlings for Rotary’s
Lead Trainer - Doncaster yearly revegetation project in Broadford and
the surrounding areas.
Against all odds (of 2020 as a whole), we
have managed to have success in a couple of
This project has been such an interesting one!
exciting horticulture projects this year!
The participants in the core program have
enjoyed carrying out pre-sowing treatment
The first of these projects was growing a
to all the seeds - in order to break their
portion of the plants for the new ‘healing
dormancy and help them germinate. Pre-
garden’ that is underway at Heide Museum
treatment included: hot water treatment,
of Modern Art. This project has helped us
cold treatment (seeds kept in the fridge),
form a great relationship with Heide, and
smoke treatment and acid treatment.
we are hoping to take the participants on
an excursion to the new gardens – so they
These seeds have started to germinate, and
witness how their plants turn out once they
everyone is feeling great pride in seeing them
leave the Nursery gates!
begin to grow – a small success that has
felt like the biggest feat in this unique and
The second project has commenced and will
unpredictable year!
continue into mid-next year – we are growing
10PLANT SPOTLIGHT
Succulent Terrariums
Nursery: Doncaster
Price: $25- $75
If you’re looking for something different
this Christmas, check out our handcrafted
terrariums!
Succulent terrariums make a great
present for indoor-plant lovers and
require minimal maintenance and care.
Each terrarium for sale is unique and
made by participants and staff in our core
program.
Our terrariums feature semperviviums,
echeverias, jade plants and more.
Prices start from $25 each. Selling from
Doncaster only. Get in quick before they
sell out!
dates for diary
• Monday 21st December 2020 - last day of the core program for participants
• Thursday 24th December 2020 - Doncaster and Coburg nurseries close at midday
• Monday 4th December 2020 - Doncaster and Coburg nurseries re-open
• Monday 4th December 2020 - KHG programs resumes
• Tuesday 26th December 2021 - KHG closed for public holiday
• Saturday 17th April 2021 - The KHG Autumn Fair 9am - 3pm (subject to social distancing
requirements due to COVD-19).
Happy holidays and happy new year from the team at KHG! Stay safe and we look forward
to seeing you in 2021!
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