Rotary Preston is working with us
On February 24th, Geoff and David from the Rotary Club of Preston visited the VASS Site to meet with myself and Susana from the Global Gardens of Peace. No photos as we were too busy talking and getting excited. Geoff and David both came with some wonderful ideas on...
The Restorative Power of Nature
Yesterday, the Global Tracheostomy Collaborative hosted their patient and family forum of which Gerard had been a part of many. The team provided an awesome acknowledgment of Gerard's life and paid tribute to his contributions to the GTC. The focus of the forum was...
Gerard’s Fundraising continues
Needless to say, our fundraising for the Food Forest has slowed considerably over the holiday break. Gerard would not have been pleased! To kick start the year off, we have decided to sell Gerard's books to get things started and to raise some more funds to go towards...
Global Gardens of Peace Fundraiser- OPEN GARDEN Saturday 5th and 6th March
The Global Gardens of Peace will host their first Open Garden for 2022 with @opengardensvictoria at Brookdale Farm, Emerald. It's a must see! Lovingly created over the last 20 years by owners, and long time friends of Sue and Gerard's, John and Michelle Rayner...
Join us! Andrew Laidlaw, keynote Speaker at the upcoming TRAMS Patient and Family Forum
On Monday February 28th 2022, from 1:30pm - 2:45pm (Melbourne Time), the Austin Health Tracheostomy Patient and Family Forum will continue with it's series, Continuing Conversations that Count. This particular family and friends forum on The Restorative Power of...
Thank You to everyone for their thoughts and good wishes
It is coming up for four months since Gerard passed away. It has been an interesting time as we have been unable to catch up with family and friends and have very much only had the opportunity to grieve his loss on our own. We are soooo looking forward to sharing and...
Global Gardens of Peace Fundraising Open Garden
I am excited by this one as the owners of this Open Garden have worked on it for over 30 years. I went to Teacher's College with Michelle, who studied Environmental Studies. John lectures at Burnley Agricultural College. (john was instrumental in getting Gerard in...
Ged Kearney, Federal Member for Cooper visits the Food Forest site.
On December 8th, we were also thrilled to welcome Ged Kearney, Federal Member for Cooper to VASS for a tour of the Food Forest site. for me it was a bitter sweet day, one that I know Gerard would have loved, as he enjoyed talking about the project and inspiring others...
Kat Theophanous Shares her visit to VASS on Facebook
On December 14th, Kat Theophanous, MP, Member for Northcote, shared a post about her site visit to VASS to see the location of the Food Forest and to hear more about our plans. She has been a great supporter of the Forest and has assisted Global Gardens with some...
Susan Rennie, Former Mayor and Current Councillor shows her support
Gerard had been in contact with Susan Rennie, Former Mayor of the City of Darebin and now a councillor. They had exchanged emails during lockdown about the project and Gerard's plans for VASS. I was humbled to hear what affect Gerard had had on Susan and how she was...
