30 of you came and began the OMG adventure with us. Stage One : Clear The Site was done in no time at all so we were able to make our first compost heap as well. This was 1.5 by 5 meters and was made using the compost, biochar, worm castings and biomass accumulated on the site over the past few years. Keep an eye out for our Start Up schedule which will be announced in the coming week so you can integrate this learning adventure into your life. Thanks @stonesoupsyndicate for the photo of the hardcore crew who stayed till the end. #organicsinthecity #biodynamicsinthecity #urbanrenewal #socialsculpture #energywork #biologicalsystemsandenergysystems #growingfoodinourcity #openclassroom #everyoneiswelcome #citybeecolaboration #citysafeforbees

Come and join us today at 257 Symonds Street and become part of the crew who are on an adventure together to create an Organic Market Garden for our city. Come ready to work and make new friends 10-2 . #becomethedifference #everyoneiswelcome #organicmarketgarden #biologicalsystems #biodynamicagriculture #citybeecolaboration #citysafeforbees

Products that harm bees or other things…including us. We like to focus on good news.... BUT you asked us for a list so we went and read the labels on the back of 16 products at our local gardening store. Here is what they said on 3. The other 13 are on our FB page. Come to our biology-first teaching classes to learn how to garden without having to go anywhere near these harmful products. Yates-Confidor-Ready to use Insecticide (registered to Bayer distributed by Yates)label states-Harmful to terrestrial invertebrates. Toxic to Bees. Avoid contact with skin and inhalation of spray mist. Has a 3 day holding period when sprayed on food. Kiwicare-Spectrum label states-Store away from foodstuffs, children. Avoid contact with skin and inhalation of spray. Wash hands and exposed skin after use. Do not use around food or animal feed producing plants. Harmful to aquatic life. Do not spray on flowers if they are likely to be visited by bees. Yates-Natures Way-Pyrethrum Is a natural insect spray but is harmful to bees if they make contact with it when its wet. #biologyfirst #toxicstuff #beesafecity #stopuseingthisstuffnow #organicak #organiccity #citybeecolaboration

Regenerate ....With your collaboration Auckland is about to get its first Organic Inner City Market Garden in #UpTown which will use Biological and Biodynamic gardening systems. Stage one - clear the site. If you want to be part of this adventure then come and join in this Saturday..rain or shine. #becomethedifference #openclassroom #learningtogether #urbanrenewal #foodasmedicine #organicsystems #biologicalgardening #biodynamics #organiccity #organicak #citysafeforbees #citybeecolaboration

Join in our Working Bee - This coming Saturday from 10-1 at 257 Symonds Street. We are gathering to clear the site in preparation for the new #OMG Organic Market Garden and open classroom we are developing as part of the #citybeecolaboration. This will enable our community to take what they learn at our community teaching hub at Griffith Gardens ( pictured here) and apply it at another scale. A huge thanks to our waterers who have kept our garden alive over summer. #becomepartofthesolution #biologicalgardeningisourfuture #innercitymarketgarden #organiccity #organicak #citysafeforbiologicalsystems #citysafeforbees

We started the year collaborating with some amazing Auckland innovators facilitating a Bermaculture workshop with @kaiauckland @gardens4health at a site originally activated by @girlwithadaisy. 25 of you turned up to learn how to turn passive green spaces into organic Biological Bee Sanctuaries. We have had interest in another Bermaculture workshop...so stay tuned for another date for workshop number two on Bermaculture a name we think was made up by the wonderful Richard Main. #citybeecollaboration #everyonejoinsin #organicak #organiccity #citysafeforbees

Jimmy took home some of our organic seedlings and seeds to grow at home after he grew a successful crop of Broadbeans from seeds we gifted him earlier in 2017. We begin our weekly classes at Griffith Gardens on the 1st of Feb where we will help you become a biological gardener. This means learning how to successfully grow food for yourself while making sure your garden is also really safe for pollinators and microbes. Join us in this journey and help create a legacy for our city one organic flower at a time. #biologicalgardens #organiccity #organicak #citysafeforbees #citybeecolaboration #griffithgardens

OMG-Working Bee 20th feb from 10-1 at 257 Symonds Street. Come and get dirty and make some new friends while helping clear the site in preparation for the beginning of the inner city’s first Organic Market Garden in #UpTown. OMG will function as an open class room where we can all learn how to grow food to feed local communities using systems that are safe for humans and pollinators. You can learn more about this project on our website www.fortheloveofbees.co.nz #comeandmakeyourmarkinourlandscape #workingbee #OMG #muckin #openclassroom #citysafeforbees #citybeecollaboration #organicfood #organiccity #organicak

Bermaculture...what is it and how do you make one? We kick off 2018 with a workshop run by Richard Main from @gardens4health in collaboration with @kaiauckland this Sunday at 10.30 in Aotea Square where you will be introduced to tools and tips on how to turn your Berm into a Biological Bee Sanctuary. This is one of the ways you can help turn your city into a safe place for pollinators and humans. Come and join the movement happening in our city. The workshop will be held at #griffithgardens #everyonejoinsin #youarethedifference #takeactionthisyearandcreatealegacyinourcity #citysafeforbees #citybeecolaboration #organiccity #organicak

Our last post before Christmas is to acknowledge and celebrate the Waitmata Local Board members who have supported so many projects in the city who are focusing on increasing the biodiversity including encouraging behaviours that will help us become the safest city in the world for bees. We are so grateful that this Local Board is prepared to support changes that will make our commons safer for us in the long term. Your willingness to collaborate and your vision and courage makes a huge difference to our city. So a huge shout out from us to @pippacoom @robthomasnz @adriana_christie Richard Northey and Shale Chambers and Vernon Tava. Here they are earlier this year answering questions from high school students during a Green Jam about actions they could take to turn their city into a safer place for bees by making a stand for Spray Free Street and Parks... a project @fortheloveofbeesnz hopes to collaborate with the city on in 2018. #everyonecanmakeadifference #visionforasaferfuture #whatittakestobeagoodleader #beinggrateful #celebratingactions #citysafeforbees #citybeecollaboration