Jerry Coleby-Williams review of Eat Your Garden
17 July 10
This work successfully merges permaculture with organic gardening, and
years of personal, practical advice from a gardener who has been
involved in every aspect of school and home food growing. The plentiful illustrations inspire and inform, the information is
concise, and all the plentiful tips and tricks are easily followed.
There’s even a month by month garden maintenance guide. Read More
This work successfully merges permaculture with organic gardening, and
years of personal, practical advice from a gardener who has been
involved in every aspect of school and home food growing. The plentiful illustrations inspire and inform, the information is
concise, and all the plentiful tips and tricks are easily followed.
There’s even a month by month garden maintenance guide. Read More
Local hits the big time with Book Launch
17 July 10
Many locals on the Sunshine Coast would have seen the lady on the right
here, in all sorts of daggy hats and clunky work boots, sometimes a tad
dirty from grubbing around in a garden, particularly the kids. Leonie
Shanahan has been helping little kids (and some big kids) on the
Sunshine Coast understand the importance of growing food, and more
importantly the nutritional value of the food you can grow yourself. Read More
Many locals on the Sunshine Coast would have seen the lady on the right
here, in all sorts of daggy hats and clunky work boots, sometimes a tad
dirty from grubbing around in a garden, particularly the kids. Leonie
Shanahan has been helping little kids (and some big kids) on the
Sunshine Coast understand the importance of growing food, and more
importantly the nutritional value of the food you can grow yourself. Read More
QPCA AGM & Conference
7 July 10
On Sunday the 1st of August I will be doing a workshop on Edible Gardens
within Schools and local communities at the Queensland P & C
Association Conference being held here on the Sunshine Coast at Rydges
in Caloundra. Read More
2010 Organic Expo & Green Show
7 July 10
If you happen to be in Sydney in August, you may like to attend the 2010
Organic Expo & Green Show. I will be participating in Speakers
Corner and am thoroughly looking forward to it. I will be speaking on "Get Your Kid A School Kitchen Garden' and 'Edible School Gardens', I will of course also be answering questions and signing my new book, Eat Your Garden, after both presentations... Read More
If you happen to be in Sydney in August, you may like to attend the 2010
Organic Expo & Green Show. I will be participating in Speakers
Corner and am thoroughly looking forward to it. I will be speaking on "Get Your Kid A School Kitchen Garden' and 'Edible School Gardens', I will of course also be answering questions and signing my new book, Eat Your Garden, after both presentations... Read More
Towards APC10, Australasian Permaculture Convergence
6 July 10
I am delighted to have been invited to speak at Australasian
Permaculture Convergence in Kuranda, Cairns, in September. I have to admit to feeling rather privileged to be in such company as a speaker.
Read More
I am delighted to have been invited to speak at Australasian
Permaculture Convergence in Kuranda, Cairns, in September. I have to admit to feeling rather privileged to be in such company as a speaker.Read More
Qld Home Garden Expo
6 July 10
I look forward to seeing you on the weekend of the 9th to 11th July 2010 at one of my Kitchen Garden Program workshops, Balcony Gardening and Small Spaces on Friday the 9th or No Dig Gardening on Saturday the 10th... Read More
I look forward to seeing you on the weekend of the 9th to 11th July 2010 at one of my Kitchen Garden Program workshops, Balcony Gardening and Small Spaces on Friday the 9th or No Dig Gardening on Saturday the 10th... Read More
Kids Go Slow
12 April 10
Come and meet Leonie Shanahan from Edible School Gardens, and Laurent
Vancam from Chef Laurent. This gathering will explore how school gardens connect our kids with the
source of their food, and ignite their passion for fresh and nourishing
fruits and vegetables. Chef Laurent's cooking demonstration will show how easy and simple it
can be to give your kids healthy lunches. , whether you make them at home or they are prepared at the school
tuckshop... Read More
Come and meet Leonie Shanahan from Edible School Gardens, and Laurent
Vancam from Chef Laurent. This gathering will explore how school gardens connect our kids with the
source of their food, and ignite their passion for fresh and nourishing
fruits and vegetables. Chef Laurent's cooking demonstration will show how easy and simple it
can be to give your kids healthy lunches. , whether you make them at home or they are prepared at the school
tuckshop... Read More
Slow Food in the Mary Valley
12 April 10
Join food producers, chefs, processors, retailers, and other
co-producers who are passionate about local food that is good, clean and
fair. Slow Food in the Mary Valley is excited to host a talk by Leonie
Shanahan from Edible School Gardens. Slow Food in the Mary Valley is excited to host a talk by Leonie Shanahan...
Read More
Join food producers, chefs, processors, retailers, and other
co-producers who are passionate about local food that is good, clean and
fair. Slow Food in the Mary Valley is excited to host a talk by Leonie
Shanahan from Edible School Gardens. Slow Food in the Mary Valley is excited to host a talk by Leonie Shanahan...
Developing edible gardens
12 April 10
@ the C&K Brisbane Conference 2010. Leonie will discuss the importance of providing our children with fresh,
organic food through edible school gardens. Learn about the Edible
School Gardens Program and how to set up a basic vegetable garden and
receive tips on involving children, staff and the community. It’s
simple, if they grow it, they will eat it! Read More
@ the C&K Brisbane Conference 2010. Leonie will discuss the importance of providing our children with fresh,
organic food through edible school gardens. Learn about the Edible
School Gardens Program and how to set up a basic vegetable garden and
receive tips on involving children, staff and the community. It’s
simple, if they grow it, they will eat it! Read More
GARDENING SUSTAINABLY IN YOUR SCHOOL
1 January 10
John Morahan of “Growing Communities” join Leonie Shanahan, Faith Thomas
and Janet Millington in an empowering discussion on community gardening
in schools with contributions from experienced school gardeners
including teachers, parents, support workers and students. How to
start, design and integrate into curriculum. Read More
John Morahan of “Growing Communities” join Leonie Shanahan, Faith Thomas
and Janet Millington in an empowering discussion on community gardening
in schools with contributions from experienced school gardeners
including teachers, parents, support workers and students. How to
start, design and integrate into curriculum. Read More
WOODFORD FOLK FESTIVAL
27 December 09
Permakids workshops in the Childrens
festival - It’s all about Food - Food Miles; Get Your Hands Dirty - Join the Permakids crew and create a vegie garden with your favourite kid food. Take seeds home to start your own vegie patch... Read More
Permakids workshops in the Childrens
festival - It’s all about Food - Food Miles; Get Your Hands Dirty - Join the Permakids crew and create a vegie garden with your favourite kid food. Take seeds home to start your own vegie patch... Read More
Permaculture at schools is magic
12 October 09
Our Lady of the Rosary mother-of-three Liza Neil never thoguht she
would hear her daughter say she did not want McDonalds. Especially
when Matilda Smith's preference was to eat vegetables from the garden. This was magic to the ears of Edible School Gardens Leonie
Shanahan, who has transformed the eating habits of students from 14
schools across the Coast... Read More
Our Lady of the Rosary mother-of-three Liza Neil never thoguht she
would hear her daughter say she did not want McDonalds. Especially
when Matilda Smith's preference was to eat vegetables from the garden. This was magic to the ears of Edible School Gardens Leonie
Shanahan, who has transformed the eating habits of students from 14
schools across the Coast... Read More
Digabout - Permaculture Garden
10 September 09
Check out tfay's blog, on cBlog [OLR Community Blog]. Wednesday was a Gardener's dream as parents and students got together to create our very own Permaculture Garden. Click on the picture below to view a timelapse video of the day's fun . (18 Mb so you better be keen!)... Read More
Check out tfay's blog, on cBlog [OLR Community Blog]. Wednesday was a Gardener's dream as parents and students got together to create our very own Permaculture Garden. Click on the picture below to view a timelapse video of the day's fun . (18 Mb so you better be keen!)... Read More
Garden of dreams
26 August 09
LEONIE Shanahan eyed off the garden lying fallow at her children’s school. She saw weeds and soil needing work, but in her mind’s eye, she could see children digging, planting, picking and eating their own fruit and vegetables. And she sawwhere her future lay. “At that moment, I decided what I was going to do with my horticultural qualifications,” she said. Read More
LEONIE Shanahan eyed off the garden lying fallow at her children’s school. She saw weeds and soil needing work, but in her mind’s eye, she could see children digging, planting, picking and eating their own fruit and vegetables. And she sawwhere her future lay. “At that moment, I decided what I was going to do with my horticultural qualifications,” she said. Read More
How does your garden grow?
26 August 09
The days of eating tasteless, nutrient-deficient fruit and vegetables
can be a thing of the past if we can find a patch of dirt and some
persistence. Leonie Shanahan of Edible School Gardens tells Angela
Bueti how she is teaching school communities how to get back to the
days of old, when veggies tasted like veggies. Read More
The days of eating tasteless, nutrient-deficient fruit and vegetables
can be a thing of the past if we can find a patch of dirt and some
persistence. Leonie Shanahan of Edible School Gardens tells Angela
Bueti how she is teaching school communities how to get back to the
days of old, when veggies tasted like veggies. Read More
Fresh to the Table
26 August 09
Fresh to the Table brings the produce from the Sunshine Coast
Hinterland to the heart of Noosa's fine dining experience at
award-winning restaurant Noosa Springs on Monday 31 August. Facilitated by celebrity chef Matt Golinski (The Rolling Dolmade
Products and regular chef on Channel 10's Ready, Steady, Cook) dinner
is prepared at the table using fresh ingredients as local growers share
their stories in conversation over dinner. Read More
Fresh to the Table brings the produce from the Sunshine Coast
Hinterland to the heart of Noosa's fine dining experience at
award-winning restaurant Noosa Springs on Monday 31 August. Facilitated by celebrity chef Matt Golinski (The Rolling Dolmade
Products and regular chef on Channel 10's Ready, Steady, Cook) dinner
is prepared at the table using fresh ingredients as local growers share
their stories in conversation over dinner. Read More
PLUGGING IN TO PERMACULTURE
25 May 09
Like to know more about permaculture? Then note May 28 for the next Slow Food breakfast meeting at Blue Ginger Restaurant. The guest speaker Leonie Shanahan, who is at the forefront of the
edible school garden programs on the Coast, will tell you everything
you could ever want to know about permaculture. Read More
Like to know more about permaculture? Then note May 28 for the next Slow Food breakfast meeting at Blue Ginger Restaurant. The guest speaker Leonie Shanahan, who is at the forefront of the
edible school garden programs on the Coast, will tell you everything
you could ever want to know about permaculture. Read More
PERMACULTURE GARDEN GETS NEW LEASE ON LIFE
25 May 09
The Sunshine Beach State School original permaculture garden has a new lease of life. The learners from 21YC, CY, TD and prep M worked with and were guided
by the edible school garden's Leonie Shanahan and assisted by parents
helpers to make several no-dig gardens, re-do the worm farm and feed
and mulch their fruit trees. Read More
Slow Food Noosa to Sponsor New Kitchen Garden Project
16 February 09
There have always been veggie patches in school grounds though these days, with the involvement of chefs like Jamie Oliver and Stephanie Alexander, many people are realising the immense value of edible gardens in more ways than one. As part of its philosophy to educate the public about the benefits of sustainable farming practices as well as introducing children to the joys of growing and eating healthy organic vegetables... Read More
There have always been veggie patches in school grounds though these days, with the involvement of chefs like Jamie Oliver and Stephanie Alexander, many people are realising the immense value of edible gardens in more ways than one. As part of its philosophy to educate the public about the benefits of sustainable farming practices as well as introducing children to the joys of growing and eating healthy organic vegetables... Read More
ONLY NATURAL by Sarah Pye - Kids on the Coast
31 October 08
If you could get crisp fresh, healthy vegetables on the table at a fraction of the cost, would you do it? What if the solution also gave you a fun-filled family activity along the way? And what if it was likely to get your kids to eat their greens? It doesn't matter if you do a huge grocery shop every week or just grab fresh stuff as you go - it is easy to see the cost of fruit and vegetables is on the rise... Read More
If you could get crisp fresh, healthy vegetables on the table at a fraction of the cost, would you do it? What if the solution also gave you a fun-filled family activity along the way? And what if it was likely to get your kids to eat their greens? It doesn't matter if you do a huge grocery shop every week or just grab fresh stuff as you go - it is easy to see the cost of fruit and vegetables is on the rise... Read More
PERMACULTURE GARDEN Sunshine Coast Grammar School
1 October 08
Permaculture is a method of producing foodstuffs in a closed loop that maintains a self-sufficient system. In any system animals, plants and micro-organisms work together in harmony. Grammar's Year 5 classes have created a fantastic permaculture garden as part of their unit on environmental issues. Grammar is the latest Sunshine Coast school to strike up a partnership with Leonie Shanahan from...
Local Community business ensures School garden stays afloat
25 September 08
After much concern a new sponsor has come forward to ensure that the Edible School Gardens Program at Tewantin State School continues. It is with much relief, and pleasure that Leonie Shanahan announced that the new sponsor, Kingfisher Boat Hire, would support the project at Tewantin State School until April next year. Read More
After much concern a new sponsor has come forward to ensure that the Edible School Gardens Program at Tewantin State School continues. It is with much relief, and pleasure that Leonie Shanahan announced that the new sponsor, Kingfisher Boat Hire, would support the project at Tewantin State School until April next year. Read More
STUDENTS ENJOY FRUITS OF THEIR LABOURS
9 September 08
Peregian Beach Community College set up their permaculture vegetable garden earlier this year sponsored by Slow Food Noosa. The students have delighted in eating food from the garden each week especially the snow peas, lettuce, strawberries, pineapple sage, and love to make a salad mix prepared during each of the classes for the students to eat with lunch. Read More
Peregian Beach Community College set up their permaculture vegetable garden earlier this year sponsored by Slow Food Noosa. The students have delighted in eating food from the garden each week especially the snow peas, lettuce, strawberries, pineapple sage, and love to make a salad mix prepared during each of the classes for the students to eat with lunch. Read More
Kids School Garden Program left stranded by Petrol Station 'Rip-Off'
5 September 08
A new sponsor is desperately needed for the Tewantin State School ‘Edible School Garden’ to get the children back in the garden, learning healthy growing and eating principles that will last them for life, not to mention the simple enjoyment of growing their own food, something that is lacking in today’s society. Just recently Hilton Terrace Round About Coffee Petrol Station was proud to be sponsoring what they proudly termed the ‘Fuel for Food’ programme... Read More
A new sponsor is desperately needed for the Tewantin State School ‘Edible School Garden’ to get the children back in the garden, learning healthy growing and eating principles that will last them for life, not to mention the simple enjoyment of growing their own food, something that is lacking in today’s society. Just recently Hilton Terrace Round About Coffee Petrol Station was proud to be sponsoring what they proudly termed the ‘Fuel for Food’ programme... Read More
Students delight in their gardens
4 April 08
As a follow up to our story in the last edition of ECO, teacher and permaculturalist Leonie Shanahan asks students from four local schools their thoughts on permaculture. Leonie says: Besides lots of fun, exercise & fresh air, the students learn the life skill of growing their own organic food and experience many new fresh nutritious foods. It’s very rewarding to see the benefits they get from their garden. Read More
As a follow up to our story in the last edition of ECO, teacher and permaculturalist Leonie Shanahan asks students from four local schools their thoughts on permaculture. Leonie says: Besides lots of fun, exercise & fresh air, the students learn the life skill of growing their own organic food and experience many new fresh nutritious foods. It’s very rewarding to see the benefits they get from their garden. Read More
School children eat what they sow
15 January 08
Kruse invited creator of the Edible School Gardens programme, Leonie Shanahan to view Machans Beach State School’s organics garden. The Sunshine Coast mother says kids need to grow their own nutritious food for their health and this can start at school. Leonie Shanahanhas been instrumental in developing the programme in seven schools. Edible school gardens are now getting more attention as an educational program... Read More
Kruse invited creator of the Edible School Gardens programme, Leonie Shanahan to view Machans Beach State School’s organics garden. The Sunshine Coast mother says kids need to grow their own nutritious food for their health and this can start at school. Leonie Shanahanhas been instrumental in developing the programme in seven schools. Edible school gardens are now getting more attention as an educational program... Read More
School gardens
15 December 07
Leonie Shanahan has been teaching Sunshine Coast school children how to grow their own food at school and then enjoying yummy vegetables harvested fresh from their own Permaculture gardens.The innovative program, introduced into seven schools across the Coast, provides the children with the opportunity of learning how food is grown using Permaculture principles and the results have been very encouraging Read More
Solutions for the future
1 December 07
Palmwoods State School was the first permaculture edible school gardens I set up from scratch with the students. Funding was hard to come by so Clare Cox (School Community Enhancement Officer) combed the local community for donations. Fortunately, the local community saw the benefit in such a project.
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Edible School Gardens
10 August 07
Leonie Shanahan has been waging a campaign urging schools on Queensland's Sunshine Coast to dig up part of the school oval and start growing their own fruit and vegetables for the kids to eat. She feels that children are suffering from a lack of eating healthy fresh food and need to learn about growing their own food. Leonie has managed to get her Edible School Gardens program into seven schools so far but it’s an uphill battle to get her program more widely accepted Read More
Leonie Shanahan has been waging a campaign urging schools on Queensland's Sunshine Coast to dig up part of the school oval and start growing their own fruit and vegetables for the kids to eat. She feels that children are suffering from a lack of eating healthy fresh food and need to learn about growing their own food. Leonie has managed to get her Edible School Gardens program into seven schools so far but it’s an uphill battle to get her program more widely accepted Read More
Campaign for school permaculture gardens
4 July 07
Local mum and award-winning permaculture teacher, Leonie Shanahan, is fed up ('scuse the pun) with the quality of food in Queensland schools, and has inspired Nicklin MP, Peter Wellington to take the matter to Parliament. Is anybody listening? How sick do our children have to become before parents, governments and multi nationals do something about it? We ingest approx 4.5 litres of pesticides & herbicides a year... Read More
Local mum and award-winning permaculture teacher, Leonie Shanahan, is fed up ('scuse the pun) with the quality of food in Queensland schools, and has inspired Nicklin MP, Peter Wellington to take the matter to Parliament. Is anybody listening? How sick do our children have to become before parents, governments and multi nationals do something about it? We ingest approx 4.5 litres of pesticides & herbicides a year... Read More