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…growing good food
…growing convivial communities

Community gardening, city farming…
Community gardening, city farming…

…the food you grow …the food you share
…a sense of place
…a sense of belonging

Community gardening, city farming…
Community gardening, city farming…

…growing the community food movement

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...is a community-based organisation linking people interested in city farming, community gardening and community food systems around Australia.

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LATEST NEWS

ACFCGN National Gathering — Presidents Report, October 2017

ACFCGN National Gathering — Presidents Report, October 2017

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ACFCGN’s AGM and President’s Report @ CERES — 7, 8 October 2017, by Peta Christensen

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John McBain — President

State by State news

A great tree falls in our forest — goodbye Glenda
Mad Hatter’s Tea Party in Tassie
SA community garden get together a success
News from Harvest Corner Community Garden in Gray, NT

Latest blogs

Brimbank Community Governance Handbook
Neat idea — pot a plant for kids
One of the nicest community gardens in the Northern Rivers
COMMUNITY GARDENS: council concerns
Snag Island CG’s raffle… win a #thermomix or $2,000 cash
Connections made through the Halcro Street Community Garden

Plants

Lemon myrtle a tasty tree
Lillypilly time
Which Kale is really a Swede?!
Edible roots for the community garden
Easy to grow, likes water but not too much, tasty…
Fast fruits

Footpath gardens

Farmers of the urban footpath – design guidelines for street verge gardens
Randwick's new footpath garden—Day 1
Randwick's new footpath garden—Day 2
Community support saves footpath garden in Joondalup
An interview about footpath gardens raises questions

LIST YOUR CITY FARM OR COMMUNITY GARDEN ON OUR MAP

City farms and community gardens are better found than hidden ...so why not list your farm or garden on our map by clicking on the link below?

Local government documents

Documents for community gardeners

Community garden factsheets

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BEING PREPARED for community gardening is always a good idea and the publications here are designed to help you do just that.

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Artist Lucy Everitt produced the wonderful original watercolour painting for the Network.

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By joining the ACFCGN, you help us educate and work towards food secure cities, tasty food systems and new opportunities and support the development of the Map Directory and the ongoing development of this website and eNEWS.

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EVENTS

Permaculture Design At The Randwick Sustainability Hub will take place at Randwick Sustainability Hub on 21/04/2018 at 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm — Randwick
International Permaculture Day — Sun 6 May 2018 will take place at on 06/05/2018 at 9:00 am —
WA Community Garden Gathering will take place at Perth City Farm on 19/05/2018 - 20/05/2018 at 9:00 am - 5:00 pm — East Perth

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About the network

The Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network (ACFCGN) connects community gardens and city farms around Australia.

Ours is a community-based organisation where people interested in city farms, community gardening, food gardening in schools and other community food systems share their stories, their knowledge, their ideas.

Within its capacity, the Network:

advocates on behalf of community gardeners and city farms
provides education and information on our website and social media
advises local government, institutions and communities interested in establishing community gardens
documents the development of community gardening in Australia
is available to the media.

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LATEST LISTINGS — map directory

WHISTLESTOP COMMUNITY GARDEN April 3, 2018
Queensland : Stanthorpe The Stanthorpe community garden is opened to all and gives residents and visitors the opportunity to learn how to grow fruit and vegetables in our four seasons climate. Members decide what to plant. There is always work to be done, from planting to weeding to seed collecting and watering. ... CONTACT: Sarah
Mudgee Uniting Community Garden March 13, 2018
New South Wales : MUDGEE Mudgee Uniting Community Garden is open to the general public during set times. We happily welcome all new volunteers and participants; families & singles, young & elders. We want participants to make friends, learn growing skills and share in the bounty. ... CONTACT: Angela Middleton
Community Gardening @ PBNC February 15, 2018
New South Wales : Pottsville Small community garden, run by volunteers. Used by local preschool and play group. ... CONTACT: Lew
Links Community Garden (Lalor) January 4, 2018
Victoria : Lalor The purpose of this group is to establish a community garden/park in Lalor for the purpose of fostering community connections though the use this space. ... CONTACT: Matthew Odgers
Glen Forrest Community Garden November 15, 2017
Western Australia : Glen Forrest ... CONTACT: Jenny Currell

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