Grovedale Gardens 2010

GROVEDALE … GARDENS 2010

Grovedale’s Community Festival - 10 September 2010 to 10 October 2010

The Grovedale Community Centre is coordinating the ‘Grovedale … Gardens 2010’ Festival, which will run for a four week period commencing Friday 10 September 2010.

Purpose

A Grovedale community Festival will:

-Contribute to a sense of belonging and identity of Grovedale residents.

-Create social and economic activity in the Grovedale area.

-Contribute to the public amenity of the Grovedale suburb through lasting community arts projects.

-Build bridges between Grovedale residents and the wider Geelong and Victorian community.

Future festivals will have alternative themes to ensure the engagement of a wide range of community groups, to maintain creativity and ensure a diversity of activities.

Grovedale Community Centre

Grovedale Community Centre will act as an umbrella for the Grovedale …. Gardens 2010 Festival by reaching out to local groups and organizations to actively contribute through their own networks. All local organizations, schools and businesses are invited to create and coordinate new projects that can be held or showcased during the Festival period.

Activities can be held on any site within the general Grovedale area or may involve coordination of Grovedale residents to engage in activities outside of the area.

Activities may include workshops, speakers, special open days, opening of new gardens, demonstrations, etc. The only requirement is that the activity fit within the 2010 Festival theme of ‘Grovedale … Gardens’.

Grovedale Community Centre will coordinate the events into a Grovedale … Gardens 2010 Calendar of Events and will promote this Calendar through coordinated marketing.

2010 Festival Proposed Events

Grovedale Community Centre has commenced to work with the community in developing the following proposed activities of the 2010 Grovedale … Gardens 2010 Festival:

FoodGardens

A food garden featuring the Bunya Bunya Pine tree and other edible food plants.

Along the Garden Path

Along the Garden Path a local community arts project creating a public art pieces that will symbolise the purpose of the Grovedale … Gardens Festival, being inclusion and access to community spaces. Zoe Snyder, a prominent local artist has been engaged to drive and manage Along the Garden Path.

Zoe will work with a variety of community groups (youth, seniors, young children etc.) in the creation of mosaics on pavers which will be placed along new pathways in the John Croft Reserve.

Iranian Women’s Garden

A community garden space planned and created by the local Iranian Women’s Group which involves familiar and culturally relevant non-political symbols.

Shared Country – Shared Stories

An extraordinary art exhibition following a collaborative process between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists presented by Narana Creations.

Partners

Identified partners include:

Narana Creations Aboriginal Cultural Centre

Bethany Community Support

Geelong Sustainability Group

Permablitz Action Group

Geelong Organic Gardeners Inc.

Family Services, City of Greater Geelong

Paddington Toy Library Inc.

Transition South Barwon

Leisure Networks

Grovedale Senior Citizens Inc.

BATForce

GrovedaleCollege

Association of Neighbourhood Houses & Learning Centres Inc.

Barwon Network of Neighbourhood Centres Inc.

Events to date …

To be involved …

If you would like to participate or support the Grovedale … Gardens 2010 Festival contact:

Festival liaison: Peter Phillips

Centre Coordinator: Nicole Rowan

At Grovedale Community Centre

45 Heyers Road, Grovedale 3216

P 5241 5717 E