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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...
Continue reading...Full power ahead at Mullumbimby Community Garden
8. January 2010
Hold on to your hats as things start moving forward at the Mullumbimby Community Garden in 2010...
Continue reading...Newcastle City Council community garden information now online
1. January 2010
Newcastle City Council has posted information about community gardening in their local government area on their website...
Continue reading...Lismore community garden starts to grow
1. January 2010
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......
Continue reading...Ecopella provides bright note for festive season at Randwick
27. December 2009
Christmas time is celebration time at Randwick Community Organic Garden and the gardeners saw in the season with a sense of melody...
Continue reading...One year later… a community garden
24. November 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Network visitors at Sydney gardens
21. November 2009
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.
Continue reading...Interstate coordinators guests at TransitionSydney Cafe Conversation
21. November 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Sydney Supporters Network meets & tours inner urban community gardens
20. November 2009
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, [...]
Continue reading...ACFCGN annual general meeting Saturday 14 November 2009
21. October 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.
Continue reading...- Local Government and other documents
- Basic infrastructure for successful community gardening
- Network fact sheets
- Glovers, Sydney's heritage garden - a photo essay
- Permaculture design's role in community gardening
- Ready to garden the community way at Lawson
- Chester Hill meeting for Sydney Network
- Gillies Plains Community Garden
- Directory of WA community gardens
- Community Garden Guidebook Launch and SA Community Garden Network Gathering, 14th February
- Fuchsia: Hi Marcel, Great to hear things are progressin...
- Jason John: Hi Claire & Tim, Great job, and great timing ...
- John: Thankyou Russ We permaculturists can sometimes ...
- Marcelle Coakley: We have a community garden in Onslow that we would...
- Chris Dillon: Hi There, Our organisation is trying to get inv...
- Good food good future
- Brisbane workshop — growing and cooking tropical vegetables
- Directory of WA community gardens
- New book helps to start, nurture community gardens
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Information for local government
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Community gardeners adopt policies and guidelines to make gardening an enjoyable experience and to manage their garden sites effectively.
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Community garden fact sheets
aThese Australian City Farms & Community Gardens Network fact sheets are designed to improve community gardening practice and are useful for educators to distribute at courses and workshops.
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They cover:
- composting
- no-dig gardening
- integrated pest management,
- crop rotation
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8. January 2010
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