Surprise Park, Henderson (Auckland) Multi-Cache
Surprise Park, Henderson (Auckland)
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In 2008, Project Twin Streams Oratia established an community edible garden known as the Millbrook Edible Garden (MEG), due to its location.
McLaren Park Henderson South Community Initiative (MPHS) a not-for-profit organisation have always wanted to establish a community edible garden in its area.
This was a great opportunity to work with the local community, to come together and grow its own food.
Listening to the community inspired them to create a community edible garden and so evolved Meg. Meg is designed to Teach and Share gardening experiences with a happy, friendly neighbourhood of gardeners.
Waitakere City Council share the land.
Local Gardeners share knowledge and food.
Nature shares her resources.
The entrance is in line with the rising sun– based on Sthapatya Vedic teachings and the colder, southern perimeter is closed off. A second entrance is on the northern side.
Compost is sited outside of the fenced gardens in the southern corner.
A bamboo fence surrounds the inner garden plots to minimize random damage.
There are no gates.
This bamboo fence will be an artwork trellis in places and is be used to grow climbing vegetables.
The outer gardens present a tidy, colorful picture with flowering annuals and vegetables for public use.
There are 18 garden plots for exclusive gardeners and average 14sq.m.
We also have common plots for everyone’s use and these represent the sharing concept.
There is a plastic covered area to house a potting-up bench, a worm farm and drums to brew liquid fertilizers. A push-bike pumping system is planned to borrow water from the stream.
Existing fruit trees outside of the site along with the adjacent Oratia Stream will be maintained as part of this community project.
They are planning to expand with a market garden approach and create smaller gardens along the Oratia cycle/walkway was completed in June 2009.
S 36° 53.ABC E 174° 37.DEF
At the posted co ordinates you will find a Community Poem.
Use it to find the cache.
A= Words in first line.
B= Number of lines in last verse.
C= Number of times the word tui appears.
D= Number of letters in last two words of first line.
E= Number of lines minus six.
F= Number of leaves on the top left branch.
B.Y.O.P. (Bring your own pen)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Cbjre ylvatf qbja