On 26th June (as near to Winter Solstice as we could manage) the Walyo Yerta Community garden Group held its first ever Harvest Festival "the Gathering of the Gardeners" at the Adelaide South West Community Centre.

The tables were decorated with large broccoli heads, herbs, chillies and flowers; the food was abundant and delicious; the wine, generously supplied by David of Temple Bruer Winery, was magnificent; and the company, conversation and music all combined to make a great evening

The Gilles Street Primary School groups who are active in the garden put together a wonderful basket of gardening goodies as first prize in our raffle. This was won by Greg Martin, our Thursday Bokashi monitor and stalwart.   Von and Joan won the other prizes.

At the end of the evening, everyone went home with food picked fresh from the garden - lots of salad greens, those decorative broccoli heads, kale, herbs, and slices of a magnificent pumpkin donated by local gardener Ken Gutte.