• 26/08/202017/07/2022
• Queensland

Hi everyone,

Here’s my August 2020 report for Queensland:

G​RANTS ​​AND​ R​EBATES​

• Brisbane City Council’s “Cultivating Community Gardens Grants” for 2020 opens on 31 August. This grant offers funds from $1,000 to $2,500.
• BCC has also set up a Compost Rebate Program. The program provides eligible Brisbane residents a rebate of up to $70 off the purchase of eligible composting equipment. 
• Round 106 of the Queensland Government’s “Gaming Community Benefit Fund” closes on 31 August. ​This grant offers funds up to $35,000.

Please contact me if you have any details about grants, rebates, etc available in your region.

P​ROJECTS​

• I met with Kylie Newberry from Our Food System to talk about the ‘​Brisbane Food City​’ project which is a semi-finalist in the US$200,000 Rockefeller Foundation ​Food System Vision ​Prize. This is an exciting and ambitious Brisbane-based project to “​create a network of edible and interactive public spaces that build a local food system, drive climate initiatives and foster community​.”

G​ARDEN​ N​EWS​

• The University of Queensland Community Garden Club is up and running! Contact Georgia Franklin: g96.franklin@gmail.com
• Costa from Gardening Australia will be doing a live cross to a Queensland CG on Sunday 30 August at 9 am to talk about bees. Check out Costa’s Facebook page for more details.

A​DMIN​

• A Facebook page for CGA – Queensland will be created very soon
• Here is the QLD Community Gardens Network:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/920260421489949

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