Dori's Garden

10/09/2026

🎃 SUPER EASY PUMPKIN PATCH EXPERIMENT! 🌱

This Sunday one of the working bee job is trying out a new experiment using food waste to create a super-easy pumpkin patch — perfect for anyone who doesn’t have a vegetable bed.

I made one at the school garden with the kids today, and I’m SO excited to see how it develops over the season! 🥰🎃

It’s a simple way to turn everyday food scraps into something that can help grow food — and you don’t need a huge garden to give it a go.

Come along this Sunday and learn a fun, easy way of growing your own food with me! 🌿

You don’t need to stay for the whole 4 hours. Even if you can pop in for a little while and lend a hand, it would be hugely appreciated. 💚

Let’s turn food waste into pumpkins! 🎃♻️🌱

🌿 Reminder for the Working Bee This Sunday! 🌿

We’ve got plenty of jobs on the go!

If you’re coming along and have spare:
🛠️ Wheelbarrows and shovels
🔩 Long screws for timber
🔋 A battery‑operated drill and skill saw (if you have one)
Please bring these with you.

And one more thing - we’re making compost using the bokashi method, so please save up and bring along your food waste to add to the mix!

Come when you can, stay as long as you like - every bit of help makes a difference.
See you in the garden! 💚🌱

02/09/2026

Its that time again! Lets make our community garden circle bigger. Anyone interested come and pop in. Garden is already showing lots of sign of spring.

18/08/2026

#3 of 2026 Home Hot Compost — Bokashi + Carbon

* 🍎 160 kg food waste
* 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 4 households
* 📅 2 months
* ♻️ ~4.6 kg food waste/household/week
* 📦 2 months of carbon materials saved: toilet rolls, cardboard, brown paper, dry leaves, dried weeds/garden waste and a bale of hay
* 🌱 Food waste + saved carbon → compost → soil

26/07/2026

“The Need to Grow” — what an amazing and inspiring film. 🌱

It really reminded me why I do what I do. For me it’s all about the future — our future and our kids future.

What I want for my kids is pretty simple really, but also really important. I want them to eat a good variety of fruits and veg, to actually get proper nutrition from their food, and to understand how we can turn waste into something useful again — like turning food waste back into healthy living soil.

Because when there is no food, nothing else really matters. We need good, nourishing food to build healthy bodies, strong communities, and a better future.

We all know things need to change. Sometimes it feels like a lot and a bit overwhelming, but even the small steps still count.

So let’s not wait around. Let’s keep growing, learning, sharing, and making changes — bit by bit. And most importantly, let’s just start today. 🌱💚

Can we feed the world without destroying it?! Rosario Dawson’s award-winning film The Need To GROW shows the SOLUTIONS — and the real stories of the game-changing innovators behind them.

12/06/2026

Keeping your body warm by moving your body at Waitohi Picton Community Garden this Sunday 🍃

24/04/2026

Last winter I planted an almond tree and a chestnut tree… it honestly took me ages to decide what nut trees to put into such a limited space.

In the end, I figured—just plant what our family loves to eat 🌰

Yes, chestnuts come with those spiky shells 😅 but hey, we can always burn them off in the campfire while toasting marshmallows 🔥

And wow… even from a tiny little first harvest, the taste of fresh almonds made it so worth the wait.
(Also… why are they so hard to crack?! 😂)

Best time to plant a tree was 7 years ago… the next best time is NOW 🌱

24/04/2026

18/04/2026

Waitohi Picton Community Garden is run by these amazing ladies from Envirohub Marlborough. Their passion inspires me ⭐️
Help them by doing quick voting ❤️

We’re excited to share that Envirohub Marlborough now has a profile on My Giving Circle New Zealand! 🌿💚

This amazing platform helps charities and community organisations increase visibility and access extra funding through votes and donations — and the best part is, voting is free! It's also DOUBLE POINTS this weekend! 🙌

We’d love your support, so please take a moment to share and vote for Envirohub Marlborough to help us continue supporting sustainability, community resilience, and environmental action in Marlborough🌱

While you’re there, please also show some aroha for our friends over at Volunteer Marlborough and all the other incredible organisations doing important work in our community and beyond! 💫

Every vote helps make a real difference!
Vote here: https://mygivingcircle.org/envirohub-marlborough-charitable-trust
Ngā mihi nui for your support 💚

Waitohi Picton Community Garden

16/04/2026

Other than gardening, one of my other passions is football. I only started playing 3 years ago, but wow—what an incredible team we have here in Picton!

We’d love your support this season. Please contact me if you’d like to purchase tickets 🙂

Season is about to kick off, and Picton Women’s Football Club would love your support! ⚽💛
We’ve put together an amazing raffle focused on self-care for women 🌿✨
Each ticket goes into the draw for 3 beautiful prizes, all valued at over $200 each.
🎟 Buy a ticket and you’re in the draw for all 3 prizes!
A huge thank you to all the wonderful local businesses for their generous donations — we truly appreciate your support 💛
If you’d like to purchase, please get in touch with:
• Your name
• Phone number
• Number of tickets
📩 email to: [email protected]
Thank you for supporting our team and helping us have a great season ahead 🙌

16/04/2026

Leaf mold!