Meet the Board
Richmond Community Garden is overseen by a board of dynamic and passionate wahine. Meet who we have guiding our mission:
Cathy Allden
– Chairperson & former Garden Coordinator
Cathy is a founding member of the trust. Cathy enjoys the continuous learning and home economy skills that a community garden provides, meeting people and advocating for the regeneration of the Avon Ōtākaro River Red Zone.
Hayley Guglietta (MBA)
– Treasurer
Hayley is a founding member of the Trust, completes alot of the compliance documentation and helps with the accounts and funding applications. When she is not doing administrative work you will find her in the garden, weeding, hauling mulch and compost, weaving and talking to the chickens. Her favourite thing about thing about the garden is seeing people simply hanging out enjoying the space whether having a good time at our events or reading a book in the sun.
Jen McBride (BDes)
– Trustee Secretary, Graphic Designer
Jen is a self-employed graphic designer, gallery director and artist who enjoys gardening and hanging out at the community gardens where she can. Jen is the community gardens artistic director, website developer, responsible for much of the branding and signage at RCG, as well as lending her skills in weaving (hazel weaving, string making, bamboo teepees etc).
Julie Crook
– Trustee, Head of ‘Little Shop’ Product Development
Julie is a founding member of the trust, originally from Atherton, UK, she came out here in 2011 for a holiday with their two boys to see if they would like to live here they loved it! The earthquake had not long since happened. Julie and her family visited at Easter for 3 weeks and enjoyed themselves very much. They came to live in 2013 and ended up living in Richmond and were looking for a group to join. Averbury house was asking for people to help set up the old garden again and it all started from there and today she makes chutneys, Jam, balms for the little shop and her famous sausage rolls for morning tea.