JCU Community Garden: Mayi Tjulbin Ma Bugarra 2018

House Notes – JCU Community Garden: Mayi Tjulbin Ma Bugarra

The James Cook University (JCU) community garden seeks to provide an attractive dynamic and engaging space where the University and broader Cairns community can come together and raise awareness and interest about sustainable and regenerative agricultural practices. ‘Mayi Tjulbin Ma Bugarra’ enables individuals to remember what vital, nutritious produce looks, smells, and tastes like.

Thank you to Djabugay Traditional Owners for giving the JCU Cairns Community Garden its language name, ‘Mayi Tjulbin Ma Bugarra’. The name translates to ‘food and fruits, vegetables, trees and berries from the rainforest’ and covers all the clans of the Djabugay Nation (James Cook University, 2018).
Students, staff and community members can visit the community garden as a rejuvenating study break; a place to socialise and de-stress; learn about permaculture; food systems and community development.

The garden is located on the JCU campus grounds providing immediate walkable access for staff and students, especially those living on campus in high-density unit style accommodation. The garden provides space and expertise to support community to participate in the processes of growing, harvesting and eating produce that many would not typically be able to engage with otherwise.
A full case study can be found at the Heart Foundation’s Healthy Active by Design.

Sustainability Features

Years Open
2018
ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES
    • Passive heating cooling:
    • Cross ventilation
    • Active heating cooling:
    • Ceiling fans
    • Water harvesting and saving features:
    • Above ground rainwater storage
      Stormwater management
      Drip irrigation
    • Above ground rainwater storage Type:
    • Rainwater tank
    • Above ground rainwater storage Size
    • Approx 5,000 Gallon
SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS
    • Sustainable materials:
    • pallets, Recycled buckets and pots, log rounds for garden edging, woodchip mulch, organic waste, coffee grinds,
RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS
    • All-Electric Home?
    • No
HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
    • Roof
    • Metal (Colorbond)
    • Window and Door Types
    • Louvre windows
    • Universal design accessability
    • Wheelchair access
    • Universal Design Features
    • Space around toilets for ease of access in wheelchairs
    • Number of bedrooms
    • 1
    • Number of bathrooms
    • 1
GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION
    • Garden / Outdoors
    • Earthworks and Food Forestry Techniques to reduce fertilizer and water inputs; and increase productivity. High usage of pioneer support species.
    • Garden / Outdoors
    • Bee keeping
      Community vegetable garden
      Composting
      Drip irrigation
      Edible garden
      Organic
      Permaculture
      Native plants
      Water wise plants

HEALTHY HOME FEATURES
    • Healthy home features
    • Natural light and ventilation
Location
Smithfield QLD 4878
    • Housing Type:
    • Community Garden
    • Project Type:
    • Community Garden
    • Designer
    • JCU Community Garden Working Group

Ask questions about this house

Load More Comments
Name
Email
Comment
Leave Comment