POG is Paekākāriki’s Community Gardening group. We are working together to make Paekākāriki a place of abundant organic food production – in home gardens, on berms, at the school – and, in the longer term, to establish a substantial community orchard and garden. We run a community orchard and garden – and welcome you to join us for gardening bees. You can chat to us every first Saturday of the month at the St Peter’s Hall market.
You can adopt a fruit tree to look after as part of our Paekākāriki Orchard tree guardianship scheme.
Or find out more and join our Pae Cycle community recycling scheme.
You’ll find our developing site at the northern end of QE Park by the Tilley Road entrance (to the left of the weaving whare).
There is a much wider vision for the use of this land, and we urge anyone with enthusiasm and ideas to get in touch with us. We run a produce stall at the monthly Paekākāriki market and hold regular workshops (a chance to learn skills such as seed saving, pruning etc) and irregular meetings. We also harvest and cook a shared kai for the whole community. If any of this sounds like you, get in touch! Read more about us here.
We harvest and cook community dinners too!
Nature Playground
As part of KCDC’s 2018 No8Wire week the site was transformed into a nature playground for two days, welcoming hundreds of visitors in creative exploration.
The site is also now home to an urban hut by Kemi Niko & Co as part of the 2020 NZ Festival of the Arts. The public are encouraged to add to the cladding.
Cycling to recycling: turning food scraps into community gold
Bikes are increasingly seen on Paekākāriki’s streets, and eco-initiatives are also on the rise. But a different kind of cycling has just been introduced – Pae Cycle, an inventive scheme where food scraps are delivered to the community garden by a sleek black e-bike.
Paecycle
Paecycle is a local service that collects household food scraps and turns them into compost for the community garden.
Benefits
Food scraps are a precious resource we use to grow more food.
Currently, 28 percent of Kāpi ‘s kerbside rubbish collected is kitchen scraps. When added to landfill, these resources generate leachate and methane that contribute to environmental pollution and climate change.
Recycling your food scraps may also allow you to rent a smaller rubbish bin each month!
Who we are
We are part of Paekākāriki Orchard and Gardens, Paekākāriki’s community garden group.
Our aim
We grow and provide nutritious organic fruit and veges for our community.
How it works
We supply a bin and run pickups on Tuesdays. There’s a $25 set up fee after which we suggest a monthly koha.
We’re modeling our composting operation on Newtown’s successful Kai Cycle scheme – check it out.
Sign up at: [email protected] or phone 027-2811570
Read our story here.
