Author: Colin
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Māngere Bridge Repair Café winter 2023
It was a busy Saturday morning at Māngere Bridge Library recently when local group Friends of the Farm (FOF) ran another Repair Café
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A Lovely Autumn Day for Tree Planting
Sunshine, outdoors, a working bee, tree planting, sausage sizzle wastewise education. Locals caring for Māngere Bridge.
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“Anything with a Plug” – Computer Recycling
Friends of the Farm visits this innovative business making great strides in e-waste recycling. FoF scribe Robyn summarises…
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Food Scraps Collection in Video
Check out videos explaining the Food Scraps program – created by Auckland Council
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One of the largest food scraps collections roll-outs in Australasia begins
Auckland Council’s food scraps collection service is about to roll out to about 500,000 households over the coming months
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Autumn Orchard Working Bee – Mulching, Weeding and Feeding
Pruning, collecting & harvesting, thinning, weeding, digging, filling, sharing, enjoying and eating.
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Easter Clean-up Pop-up Event 2023
Always an enjoyable event for families, collecting litter and exploring the shorelines – some of our little helpers get side tracked by the crabs, but this is all part of what makes it fun
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Locals learn grafting & cutting at community orchard workshop
What a beautiful afternoon we enjoyed, an enthusiastic group, gathered under the shade of the feijoa trees.
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Our 3rd Repair Café – locals helping locals
Another successful day with locals helping locals keep items from the landfill by repairing them. Genius
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Moth Plant Pod Competition 2023
Help your community and te taiao and win up to $500 in prize money! Registrations open 9 March 2023 and close midnight 6 April 2023.