The Art of Gardening Sustainably 2011
11th February to 27 March 2011
An Exhibition to spread the word about sustainable gardening in our community and raise funds for SGA (Sustainable Gardening Australia)
Bolin Bolin Gallery at Bulleen Art & Garden
6 Manningham Rd W., Bulleen. 98505155.
www.baag.com.au
SGA (Sustainable Gardening Australia) is a not-for-profit, non-government funded organisation whose mission is to promote the benefits of sustainable horticulture. (For more information about this ground breaking organisation and gardening sustainably see below, and go to www.sgaonline.org.au).
Please note that the one third commission of all sales will be donated to SGA (with the remainder going to the artist)
We are asking artists to exhibit works in any medium which respond to the idea of gardening sustainably, with particular emphasis on growing our own food – a practice which reduces food miles, chemical and water use and improves soil, as well as increasing our well-being.
Exhibition Information
Timeline
Entries due by 10th December 2010
We will let you know whether your works will be included by by 18th December 2010
Delivery of work Tues 8th February 2011
Exhibition Opens Fri 11 th February 2011
Collection of work Mon 28th March 2011
The Gallery
The exhibition will be held in the Bolin Bolin Gallery at Bulleen Art & Garden, 6 Manningham Rd West, Bulleen. (For more information about Bulleen Art & Garden, go to www.baag.com.au or www.baag.com.au/gallery/)
Artworks
We are interested in your interpretation of sustainable gardening, particularly growing our own food.
- Grow our own food;
- create habitat for local fauna;
- grow indigenous plants and control of invasive plants;
- Compost & mulch – Recycle your waste, improve your soil, conserve your water; improve
- Water efficiency –tanks, mulch, rain gardens, grey-water use;
- use Natural pest control; Recycling, reducing, re-using; Etc, Etc
We are interested in raising consciousness about these issues and welcome thought provoking works. However, we are hoping to raise funds, so we would like to include some saleable items!
We would like to have a range of work in different media, and different sizes.
We are not limiting numbers of works you may enter, so let us know what you have available. Space constraints may mean that we cannot include all the works submitted.
Please let us know what you would like to exhibit – The expression of interest form below shows the information we need.
Promotion
To Bulleen Art & Garden and SGAs extensive mailing lists, line ad in Art Almanac, press releases, events listings.
Fundraising
SGA has been doing a fantastic job, with many achievements, but they need our help to continue this work.
so The commission Bulleen Art & Garden usually takes for sales from exhibitions (approx 34%) will be donated to SGA.Artists and visitors are also encouraged to make a tax-deductible donation to SGA
Expression of Interest
Information to send:
· Name
· Address
· Phone
· Let us know a bit of your background if you haven’t exhibited with us previously.
· Description of the work.
o Number of pieces
You may describe a body of work in the one description (we don’t need detailed description of every item), or repeat the following for works which are quite different to each other.
o Title (s), if any, and/or link to Sustainable gardening
o Medium
o Dimensions
o Approx prices
o Image of this work or similar work (small jpeg), or sketch, or web link or , if we are familiar with similar work you have already done, describe the work.
You may apply by email (but please don’t send large images) or by post or personally.
Send to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
or mail or deliver to
Meredith Plain, Bulleen Art & Garden, 6 Manningham Rd West, Bulleen. 3105
Sustainable Gardening Australia www.sgaonline.org.au
SGA (Sustainable Gardening Australia) is a not-for-profit, non-government organisation whose mission is to promote the benefits of sustainable horticulture.
To date, in a very short time-frame SGA has:
- Been a Finalist in the 2008 Premier's Sustainability Award (Community) for outstanding environmental achievement.
- Created a free dynamic website (www.sgaonline.org.au) that gets over 30,000 unique hits per month educating and inspiring people on the 'how' of sustainable gardening.
- Provided a free monthly electronic magazine of advice, example and inspiration to more than 5,000 gardeners.
- Started a program of community garden PODs (garden groups)
- Is developing a volunteer program where enthusastic volunteers can make a meaningful contribution to sustainable gardening.
- Created a free interactive online forum that connects people and creates a gardening community that cares and shares.
- Developed and delivered more than 250 community training events to home gardeners.
Distributed more than 300,000 Sustainable Gardening booklets distributed through local councils. - Participated in more than 60 community events and festivals providing education and advice to community - and encouraging children to get their hands dirty!
- Contributed to credible sustainable gardening industry standards with a voluntary environmental certification scheme for garden centres, which has resulted in over 80 businesses across Australia becoming SGA Sustainable Garden Centres, and a voluntary environmental certification for Landscape Professionals which provides a framework for creating sustainable landscapes and educating their clients.
- Delivered sustainable gardening training to more than 2,000 landscape professionals providing them with the skill and knowledge to influence their clients.
- Developed the first 2 of a series of practical garden books
- And more……