Together for a sustainable future

Crop Swap Matamata meet twice monthly to share all things related to a productive garden – produce, seeds, recipes, tips and friendship. After one of our 'swappers’ came up with the idea of a garden ramble, the group began organising occasional outings to see fellow swappers' gardens. A single lifestyle block garden was the first one visited, and a pattern of two ‘in town’ gardens or one lifestyle block developed. Next was the idea to have a day-long ramble. This happened,

Crop Swaps are groups of amateur gardeners who meet regularly to share anything related to productive gardening. That can be fruit and veg (obviously) but also magazines, jams, chutneys, seeds, plants, seedlings, egg boxes, jam jars, etc. Our local swappers meet on the covered court at Matamata Primary School, Broadway, at 2pm on the first and third Sundays of every month, only cancelling an event in extreme weather or for Christmas. We are gardeners, after all, not to be det

A chance to up recycling efforts and get rid of used drink cartons that can’t be recycled in the usual way.