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SA community garden worker visits Sydney

8. January 2010

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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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Full power ahead at Mullumbimby Community Garden

8. January 2010

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

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Newcastle City Council community garden information now online

1. January 2010

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Newcastle City Council has posted information about community gardening in their local government area on their website...

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Lismore community garden starts to grow

1. January 2010

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Lismore community garden starts to grow

Lismore Community Garden has gone from intention to reality thanks to an enthusiastic bunch of gardeners and a number of supporting organisations... community garden project officer Linda Wirf reports......

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Ecopella provides bright note for festive season at Randwick

27. December 2009

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Ecopella provides bright note for festive season at Randwick

Christmas time is celebration time at Randwick Community Organic Garden and the gardeners saw in the season with a sense of melody...

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One year later… a community garden

24. November 2009

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One year later… a community garden

IT HAS BEEN JUST OVER A YEAR in the making, from community consultation to construction, but Carrs Park Community Garden is now reality. Food, a jazz band, Kogarah City Council’s mayor and general manager, councillors, directors of departments, various staff, community gardeners and representatives of the Australian City Farms & Community Gardens Network — they all [...]

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Network visitors at Sydney gardens

21. November 2009

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Network visitors at Sydney gardens

IN SYDNEY for the annual general meeting of the Australian City Farms & Community Gardens Network, a number of interstate participants took the opportunity to visit the Randwick Community Organic Garden and the Randwick City Council training garden at Randwick Community Centre, used for Council’s Sustainable Gardening courses.

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Interstate coordinators guests at TransitionSydney Cafe Conversation

21. November 2009

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Interstate coordinators guests at TransitionSydney Cafe Conversation

The Meeting of the Sydney Community Gardens Supporters Network in November 2009 was not the end of business for those Australian City Farms & Community Gardens Network (ACFCGN) people who had traveled from interstate. Come 6.30PM,  they were guests at  a TransitionSydney Cafe Conversations. The purpose of the Cafe Conversations is networking, to enable Sydney people [...]

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Sydney Supporters Network meets & tours inner urban community gardens

20. November 2009

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Sydney Supporters Network meets & tours inner urban community gardens

THE NEWTOWN GATHERING of the Sydney Community Gardens Supporters Network in November this year was a sharing of experience and knowledge on how local government can support community garden start-ups and on solving the challenges that inevitably arise in the development of community gardens. The City of Sydney provided the meeting space at Newtown Community Centre, [...]

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ACFCGN annual general meeting Saturday 14 November 2009

21. October 2009

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ACFCGN annual general meeting Saturday 14 November 2009

Sydney regional community garden gathering and National Network AGM... Celebrating our gardens... Celebrating our achievements... Meet new gardeners... See a new garden... Meet new plants... Meet network people from other states... WHERE: Carss Park Community Garden ­on the corner of Carlton Crescent and Carawar Avenue, Carss Park.

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