{"id":900,"date":"2018-10-14T15:44:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T07:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/?p=900"},"modified":"2018-10-14T15:44:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T07:44:32","slug":"npcgs-5th-birthday-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/14\/npcgs-5th-birthday-party\/","title":{"rendered":"NPCG\u2019s 5th Birthday Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite a blustery and at times rainy day there was a fantastic turn out to our birthday party, some 70 people braved the weather to join our celebration of 5 years of community and gardening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image5.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"768\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image5.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of the assembled crowd listening to the NPCG Chairperson Emma speaking.\" class=\"wp-image-906\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Birthday gathering<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It was great to see so many people there and a special thanks to our local members of parliament John Carey and Patrick Gorman, the CoV councillors, Susan Gontaszewski&nbsp;(Deputy Mayor), Alex Castle, Joanne Fotakis, Dan Logan and the soon to start new CEO of COV David MacLennon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks also to <a href=\"https:\/\/vincentmensshed.mensshedswa.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vincent Men\u2019s Shed<\/a> for letting us use their kitchen and toilet area, <a href=\"https:\/\/ttv.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transition Town Vincent<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc.wa.gov.au\/School-community\/Roaming-recycler-for-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Roaming Recycler<\/a> for setting up their displays and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/northperthtennisclub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Perth Tennis Club<\/a> for opening their toilets for us also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image1-e1539502563535.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"1024\" width=\"768\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image1-e1539502563535-768x1024.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of birthday cake with &quot;Happy 5th Birthday NPCG&quot; written in chocolate.\" class=\"wp-image-901\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Birthday cake<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The birthday cake caused a collective intake of breathe it looked stunning and was incredibly tasty, a great array of refreshments including plates made with produce from the garden for guests to partake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A short talk by Assoc Prof Andrea Gaynor, historian from UWA on <a href=\"https:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/products\/reclaiming-the-urban-commons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The History of Urban Food Production \u2013 Including a North Perth Perspective<\/em><\/a> was really interesting and well attended. Who would have thought Smith\u2019s Lake was once a shared home to market gardens, a night soil depot, piggeries and dairy cattle \u2013 Thank god for modern Health Regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image2-e1539503160867.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image2-e1539503160867-225x300.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of scarecrow made by local children. Scarecrow has a straw hat, skirt, top and washing up glove hands.\" class=\"wp-image-902\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Scarecrow<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst the adults talked the kids were entertained making a creative bunch of scarecrows, who now find themselves seated around the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was great to see so many other members of the community come and celebrate with us today and we look forward to many more years contributing to the community of Vincent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see a slideshow of the evolution of NPCG over the last 5 years, click on this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/19Y9iZDOaTjHKE93OXcIeimuval26P5zT\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Welcome To Our Garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nDespite a blustery and at times rainy day there was a fantastic turn out to our birthday party, some 70&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/14\/npcgs-5th-birthday-party\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;NPCG\u2019s 5th Birthday Party&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[8,12,13],"class_list":["post-900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-birthday","tag-npcg","tag-scarecrow","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northperthcommunitygarden.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}