Awatea Community Garden

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We aim to provide "A neutral space of belonging, purpose, evolution and Whakapapa."

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Welcome to Awatea Community Garden

We are a bunch of locals who saw this lovely piece of Whenua and fell in love with the sun filled, warm sheltered, unused land.

We garden on a Wednesday 10am-3pm and once your allotment is established you can come any day that suits. It's a lovely piece of Kindergarten land in Rānui, Porirua. We aim to provide "a neutral space of belonging, purpose, evolution and Whakapapa."

We are a diverse group looking to create gardening education, community connection, allotments and visions of a forest garden. We are decolonizing the whenua and aligning with the Maramataka.

We provide both food, education and growing opportunities towards kai and soil sovereignty. We are a welcoming group who want to create an inclusive space for all our community.

Our team

Ruth Robertso...

Admin

John Wright

Admin

Paula MacEwan

Admin

Chloe Spedding

Admin

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Backer

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$23 NZD of $14,999.99 NZD / month raised (0%)

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$5 NZD / month

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Projects

Support the following initiatives from Awatea Community Garden.

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Terraced gardens

Creating flat spaces for gardens below the kindy gate and water tank

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Site security

Securing and monitoring our garden.

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Lemon trees

Our allotment holders have requested more lemon trees.

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Tunnel House

Installation of Tunnel House 1Q2024

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Events and Initiatives

For people to come together

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Compost Manager

To have one person responsible for managing the production and promotion of community compost

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Kaiwhakahaere o te mahi maara

To have someone paid to Manaakitanga the garden on a Wedesday

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Water tank

To have enough water to get us through a dry summer.

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Garden Consumables

As a new Garden are not yet growing all our seeds, seedling or trees, making all our compost, so ...

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Mātauranga Mahinga kai fund

We want to create educational opportunities for our community to attend courses and then share th...

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Garden Tool Library

To create a library of tools for our community garden and the widder community. We Hope this allo...

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Events

Awatea Community Garden is hosting the following events.

Past event

Newmoon Rongoā workshop

Jan 23, 2023

05:00 AM-07:00 AM UTC

Introducing Paula who has run a Rongoā clinic across the stream at Te Whare Marie for 9 years.

Past event

Whetū Harakeke Workshop for all the Whānau

Dec 23, 2022

06:00 AM-07:30 AM UTC

To make free gifts and decorations for the holiday season

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New Moon Composting with Pene

Nov 24, 2022

05:00 AM-06:00 AM UTC

Dog and child friendly bring a koha to support the kaupapa, a chair, notebook and pen and any que...Read more

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Harbours Edge

Nov 18 → Nov 19, 2022

11:00 PM UTC

We are selling succulents in terracotta pots and plants perfect stocking fillers

Top financial contributors

Individuals

Incognito

$13,820 NZD since Dec 2023

Guest

$4,732.75 NZD since Feb 2023

Porirua Rotary

$1,000 NZD since Mar 2025

Ruth Robertson-Taylor

$420 NZD since Oct 2022

John Wright

$280 NZD since Dec 2023

Joanna

$200 NZD since Oct 2024

Luna Therapeutic NZ

$5 NZD since Mar 2025

Organizations

Lottery Wellington/Wairarapa Community

$9,999 NZD since Apr 2026

The Gift Trust

$9,000 NZD since Aug 2024

Trust House Foundation

$7,502 NZD since May 2023

Aotea Rail Lions

$750 NZD since Apr 2026

Mana Lions

$250 NZD since Feb 2023

Awatea Community Garden is all of us

Our contributors 18

Thank you for supporting Awatea Community Garden.

Ruth Robertso...

Admin

$420 NZD

John Wright

Admin

$280 NZD

Paula MacEwan

Admin

Chloe Spedding

Admin

Incognito

$13,820 NZD

Lottery Welli...

$9,999 NZD

The Gift Trust

$9,000 NZD

Trust House F...

$7,502 NZD

Guest

$4,733 NZD

Tunnel House

$2,081 NZD

Compost Manager

$1,426 NZD

Porirua Rotary

$1,000 NZD

Budget

Transparent and open finances.

Annual subscription to Volunteer service

from Volunteer Wellington to Awatea Community Garden • June 8, 2026

-$50.00 NZD

Paid

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Financial contribution to Awatea Community Garden

Credit from Terraced gardens to Awatea Community Garden • June 4, 2026

+$500.00NZD

Completed

Balance transfer

Financial contribution to Awatea Community Garden

Debit from Terraced gardens to Awatea Community Garden • June 4, 2026

-$500.00NZD

Completed

Balance transfer

Today’s balance

$2,029.97 NZD

Total raised

$49,798.70 NZD

Total disbursed

$47,768.73 NZD

Estimated annual budget

$13,099.00 NZD

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News from Awatea Community Garden

Updates on our activities and progress.

Activities and status for the year to 31 March 2024

Garden organisation The garden continues to run as a cooperative, with the majority of work being voluntary. Funding from Kainga Ora has allowed us to pay for a half day per week of a garden manager and for a person to regu...

Published on April 3, 2024 by John Wright

January newsletter

Published on January 19, 2023 by Ruth Robertson-Taylor

December full moon Pānui

Published on December 12, 2022 by Ruth Robertson-Taylor