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ACFCGN releases updated research bibliography

26. August 2010

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With researchers increasingly turning their attention to the social and environmental impacts of community gardening, the Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network has just published a fully revised and expanded second edition of its Annotated Bibliography of community gardening research and analysis...

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HERE IT COMES! Another Australasian Permaculture Convergence!

11. August 2010

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HERE IT COMES! Another Australasian Permaculture Convergence!

It’s a celebration, a learning opportunity, a party, a reflection and a reunion… the time that comes around every two years when Permaculture educators, advocates, practitioners and all of the others involved in the Permaculture Design System come together… it’s a time not to be missed...

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BYRON BAY/MULLUMBIMBY NSW: Courses + Permaculture accredited training Certificate 3

9. August 2010

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BYRON BAY/MULLUMBIMBY NSW: Courses + Permaculture accredited training Certificate 3

Katrina Shields, Byron Region Community College Sustainability Coordinator, writes... "Love the community gardens website.". OH, those lucky people in Mullum and Byron... they have the Byron Region Community College which is offering a range of short courses enough to make your mouth water, in an intellectual sense, just like the Mullumbimby Community Garden's lines of lettuce and trellises of tomatoes make your mouth water in a culinary sense...

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Farmers of the urban footpath & the need for design guidelines for street verge gardens

15. July 2010

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Farmers of the urban footpath & the need for design guidelines for street verge gardens

It's happened suddenly — the upsurge of interest in gardening the street verge with edible plants. But before we rush out to replace nature strip lawn with vegetables, there's a few design considerations we would do well to take into account...

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