The new 15000 litre water tank located in the south-east corner of the Community Garden.

The grant was originally sought to save water in the Community Garden, while ensuring that vegetables being grown in the garden’s twelve walled plots received optimum moisture application rates, ensuring consistent growth and maximum productivity, especially over summer.

Designed by Kyabram-based KM Landscaping, the system comprises a fifteen thousand litre water tank, electronic timer-controller, flow control valves, water collection and distribution piping, plus dripper outlet nozzles arrayed around the garden plots.

The water tank was installed prior to Christmas, with the water distribution controller and associated plumbing following shortly thereafter.

Water destined for the tank is collected from adjacent roofing surfaces, while the tank outflow passes through an underground distribution network of pipes to the individual garden plots.

Reticulated town water can also be used in the network whenever the local feeder tank is empty, ensuring that garden beds are never allowed to dry out.

Healthy, year-round crops can thus be assured.

 

 

 

The programmable electronic controller allows for considerable water application flexibility among the vegetable plots.

Crops having higher watering requirements can be allocated longer watering intervals, while more drought-tolerant species can be programmed to receive less water.

The system can also be adjusted to meet any future watering restrictions.

The Garden‘s central location in Rushworth was one of the factors which helped to gain the grant, as it allows members of the wider community to examine  a high-efficiency water-saving system at first hand..

RCH members and Rushworth locals are invited to drop-in to see the system in action.

 

SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL

Each brochure explores a specific topic, analyzing its issues, and providing some valuable strategies for minimizing any potential adverse outcomes.

The brochures reinforce the notion that help is always available from a variety of organizations and individuals within the community - often via the nearest telephone.

The following Lifeline brochures will be available from the self-selection area adjacent to the front desk, and additional titles will be introduced as soon as they become available.

· Getting through the Drought.

· Help when you're Feeling Down.

· Beating Panic Attacks.

· Domestic Violence survivors toolkit.

· Beating the Blues.

· Helping someone at risk of committing suicide.

· Living with children with ADHD

· Help for Carers of People with Mental Illness

· Helping children cope with the after-effects of bush fires

· Aboriginal suicide prevention.

 

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· We already have multiple copies of the first one available for public access, together with a few fridge magnets.

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· 1.   Getting through the drought

· 2.   Help when you're feeling down

· 3.   Beating panic attacks

· 4.   Domestic Violence survivors toolkit

· 5.   Beating the blues

· 6.   Helping someone at risk of suicide.

· 7.   Living with children with ADHD

· 8.   Help for Carers of People with Mental Illness

· 9.   Helping children cope with the after effects of bush fires

· 10  Aboriginal suicide prevention.

· 1.   Getting through the drought

· 2.   Help when you're feeling down

· 3.   Beating panic attacks

· 4.   Domestic Violence survivors toolkit

· 5.   Beating the blues

· 6.   Helping someone at risk of suicide.

· 7.   Living with children with ADHD

· 8.   Help for Carers of People with Mental Illness

· 9.   Helping children cope with the after effects of bush fires

· 10  Aboriginal suicide prevention.

· 1.   Getting through the drought
2.   Help when you're feeling down
3.   Beating panic attacks
4.   Domestic Violence survivors toolkit
5.   Beating the blues
6.   Helping someone at risk of suicide.
7.   Living with children with ADHD
8.   Help for Carers of People with Mental Illness
9.   Helping children cope with the after effects of bush fires
10  Aboriginal suicide prevention.

RCH has introduced a range of free “toolkit” brochures published by Lifeline to help people address a range of issues that can arise in both rural and urban environments in times of crisis.

Helper Karl programs the automatic controller that coordinates the Community Garden watering system.