Good food good future

11. March 2010

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Good food good future

A couple days on Tasmania's Bass strait coast is too good a opportunity to miss, and that — Devonport — is where the Tasmanian Community Gardens Network is to hold its annual conference — Good Food Good Futures — this April. See you there...

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8. March 2010

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Brisbane workshop — growing and cooking tropical vegetables

Want to grow tropical vegetables? This workshop will show you how...

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Directory of WA community gardens

5. March 2010

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Directory of WA community gardens

Some of these gardens are 20 years old; some are just planning their first plantings. There are communal gardens, allotment gardens and spaces that combine the two. Each garden has its own, unique style, energy and flavour. Some gardens are open to the public and others are accessible to members only or are designed for particular [...]

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New book helps to start, nurture community gardens

2. March 2010

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New book helps to start, nurture community gardens

Those South Australians are an innovative and busy lot. Now they've launched a book on starting and nurturing community gardens...

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11. March 2010

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Innovative policy on community gardening adopted by City of Sydney

Innovative policy on community gardening adopted by City of Sydney

The City of Sydney has adopted a policy on community gardening that enlarges the City's interest in community food systems...

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10. March 2010

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Common Ground — container garden in the Heart of Adelaide

Common Ground — container garden in the Heart of Adelaide

An edible future awaits a group of local people who have started to cultivate a container garden on asphalt, close to Adelaide's city centre ...

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9. March 2010

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In Glandore, a street planting with a tasty future

In Glandore, a street planting with a tasty future

Down Glandore way they think the footpath is an orchard...

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4. February 2010

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Community Garden Guidebook Launch and SA Community Garden Network Gathering, 14th February

Official launch of Growing Community: Starting and Nurturing Community Gardens, with special presentation by leading organic writer, grower, and educator, Tim Marshall. Copies of Growing Community available for $10. Tour of the rapidly evolving Glandore Community Garden Practical workshops and demonstrations. News and updates from community and school gardens around Adelaide. Organic afternoon tea provided. All welcome! Growing Community: Starting and [...]

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19. January 2010

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Food security strategy could benefit Tasmania’s community gardens

Tasmania moves to the front of the nation by raising the possibility of support for community gardens in its proposed Tasmanian Food Security Fund...

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18. January 2010

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Request: advice wanted on security issues

A rural Victorian community garden asks for your advice on a security issue...

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10. January 2010

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It’s roll-your-own compost at city farm

It’s roll-your-own compost at city farm

At Brisbane's Northey Street City Farm, they make compost the rolling way...

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10. January 2010

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Edible roots for the community garden

Edible roots for the community garden

Root crops are carbohydrate staples that deserve space in the community garden. The variety of edible roots makes them a fascinating crop type to cultivate. Plant them in large clumps as a shared crop...

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10. January 2010

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Fast fruits

Fast fruits

Here's some fast fruits to plant for a fast crop in your community garden...

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10. January 2010

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Find community gardens in Hobart, Tasmania

Find a community garden in Hobart...

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9. January 2010

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Community kitchens website remade and online

Community kitchens website remade and online

The Australian Community Kitchens website has been renewed. You can learn all about community kitchens here and find one near you...

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9. January 2010

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Safety in the garden

Safety in the garden

A guide to safety in the community garden... keeping gardening safe for all...

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8. January 2010

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It’s olives and food gardens at Black Forest primary

It’s olives and food gardens at Black Forest primary

Kate Hubmayer explains what it is that makes Adelaide's Black Forest primary school so innovative....

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8. January 2010

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SA community garden worker visits Sydney

SA community garden worker visits Sydney

Community garden network members meeting up in different cities turns an online network into a personal one. So it was when Alan Shephard visited Sydney...

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8. January 2010

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Permaculture design’s role in community gardening

Permaculture design’s role in community gardening

This is an opinion piece about the role of the permaculture design system in community gardening...

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8. January 2010

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Full power ahead at Mullumbimby Community Garden

Hold on to your hats as things start moving forward at the Mullumbimby Community Garden in 2010...

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1. January 2010

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Seed saving maven on You Tube

Carriageworks have been doing a series of kitchen garden workshops and have got some great videos of their workshops on You Tube. Annie Walker reports...

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1. January 2010

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Website lists community gardens on remote Aboriginal communities

Website lists community gardens on remote Aboriginal communities

A website details community food gardens on remote Aboriginal communities. claire nettle, SA ACFCGN co-ordinator reports...

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