City of Whitehorse
Permaculture Blitz Competition
ENTRY FORM 2015
The winner of the Whitehorse Permaculture Blitz Competition will win a garden ‘makeover’, coordinated by The Desert Echo (ABN: 88 528 267 494). A kitchen garden will be created within the public grounds to provide edible, aromatic and beautiful resources for your organisation and the community to enjoy. The prize will include the development of a Permaculture Plan, supply of materials and plants for the Blitz and guidance of volunteers and mini workshops by The Desert Echo team as part of the Blitz. Volunteers will construct and plant garden beds and garden features according to the Permaculture Plan in the shared space at a location in Whitehorse. The Blitz is carried out on one day, Sunday 22 March 2015 between 10am and 4pm.
To enter the Whitehorse Permaculture Blitz Competition, this form must be completed and returned along with a current photo/s of your garden, to the Sustainability Team at Whitehorse City Council by:
5pm, Monday 9 February 2015.
Name of school (kindergarten, primary or secondary), neighbourhood/community house or other shared space:
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Contact Person: ______
Address: ______
Suburb: ______Postcode: ______
Telephone: (W) ______(H) ______(MOB)______
Email: ______
1. Describe in 25 words or less, why you would like to host the Whitehorse Permaculture Blitz garden makeover:
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2. Who would use the produce from your edible garden?
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3. Is the proposed space accessible to the general community out of hours?
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4. How will you engage and involve the community to use the edible garden after the Blitz?
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5. Who will manage the ongoing maintenance of the edible garden?
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6. How will the ongoing resourcing of the edible garden be managed? E.g. seedlings, mulch and tools.
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7. List the top three things you would like to see done in your garden: (E.g. veggie patch, fruit tree planting, worm farm, chicken coup)
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
8. How many hours is your group willing to put into your garden per week?
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9. How would you describe your groups gardening skills? (please mark)
Inexperienced ¨ Somewhat experienced ¨ Very experienced ¨
10. Rate your groups enthusiasm for gardening (please mark):
High ¨ Medium ¨ Low ¨
11. How many square metres is your garden? ______
12. Rate the access to your garden (please mark):
Easy ¨ Moderate ¨ Difficult ¨
13. What percentage of your garden is:
a. Concrete ______% b. Decking ______% c. In Shade ______%
14. Does the proposed space have easy access to water? (please mark)
Yes ¨ No ¨
15. How much of your garden would you like to be “blitzed'?(please mark):
My garden is mostly a blank slate (or most existing things can go). ¨
Roughly half the space can be blitzed. ¨
I have an established garden, but there are some corners I'd like help with. ¨
16. Has anyone from your group attended a Permablitz in the past? If so, how many and when?
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17. Are you willing to allow future tours or an ‘open garden’ at the proposed space for the community to attend? (please mark):
Yes ¨ No ¨
Please include current photo/s of your proposed garden space.
DISCLAIMER:
We...... (PLEASE PRINT) hereby agree and consent to participating in the Sustainable Living Week event. I hereby also agree to release, discharge and to hold The City of Whitehorse and The Desert Echo harmless for any accidents, harm and or loss which I may suffer as a result of participating in any way in the Sustainable Living Week 2015 Event.
In addition, I hereby agree to indemnify the City Of Whitehorse and its servants and agents The Desert Echo for any loss, demands, damages, expenses, claims, actions and suits brought for and arising out of or in any way connected to the Sustainable Living Week 2015 Event.
Personal information requested, such as name and address, is collected for the purpose of registering applications for the Whitehorse Permaculture Blitz Competition. The personal information collected will not be used for any other purposes or disclosed except as may be required by law. If you do not provide the information then your application may not be processed. You may access the information collected about you by contacting Whitehorse City Council on (03) 9262 6333.
I understand that the information provided above will be used in accordance with relevant legislation and declare that this information is correct to the best of my knowledge.
I have read and agree to the published Conditions of Entry of the Whitehorse Permaculture Blitz Competition and certify that the information provided regarding my application is correct.
SIGNATURE: ______DATE: ______
Keep in Touch Register:
¨ Yes, I would like to be added to the Keep in Touch Register to stay informed of the latest Council sustainability programs and events via monthly email updates.
Email address: ______
PLEASE RETURN COMPLETED ENTRY FORMS TO:
MAIL TO Whitehorse City Council
Sustainability Team
Locked Bag 2
Nunawading VIC 3110
FAX (03) 9262 6589
For more information, please contact Council’s Sustainability Team on 9262 6333 or visit www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/Permaculture.html
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