• INFO SHEET: Plan of Management template

    CGA has been working with local government and new community garden groups to...

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  • INFO SHEET: Starting with garden design

    When it comes to our food-producing home and community gardens, design is the process by which we think then build...

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  • INFO SHEET: Understanding our site

    Needs, sector, and site analysis bring together the information we need to build our community, home, or small-scale commercial market garden. 

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  • INFO SHEET: Materials for building

    The public is protective of its public lands such as city parks, and poorly built and maintained community gardens are likely to trigger complaints to council. 

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  • INFO SHEET: Thinking about safety

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

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  • INFO SHEET: Community gardening

    Community gardens are found on land owned by local government, schools, churches, and on state government social housing estates.

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  • INFO SHEET: Organic gardening

    Organic gardening is an approach to growing food, ornamentals, and native plants using a combination of traditional and scientific gardening techniques.

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  • INFO SHEET: Creative composting

    Composting turns our kitchen and garden wastes into plant food — almost 50 percent of waste produced in the home can be composted.

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  • INFO SHEET: Creating good soils

    Fertile, nutritious soils are the basis of prolific, productive organic gardens.

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  • INFO SHEET: No-dig or mulch gardening

    No-dig gardening reuses waste newspaper and cardboard. Food and garden wastes are turned into compost. Recycled materials such as crushed concrete, bricks, pavers, wood chip and sawdust can be reused to make paths and garden edges.

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