• Sydney’s first community garden

    ...story by Russ Grayson first appeared in the ABC Organic Gardener magazine Autumn '06.
    Jane Mowbray knew something was wrong when her jacket started to melt...

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  • 1999 to 2011 ACFCGN past newsletters

    ACFCGN print newsletters...

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  • Citizens and council cooperate to develop community gardening policy

    In January 2011, 45 people gathered in the cavernous Leichhardt Town Hall to assist Council develop a policy on community gardening...

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  • claire nettle reports on the SA community garden gathering 2010

    The SA Community and School Gardening Network held its twice-yearly Gathering on 21st November. ..

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  • Community garden conference — Canberra

    2010 community garden conference in Canberra, was attended by the Australian City Farms & Community Gardens committee.

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  • Network submission to Sydney Metropolitan Strategy

    If Sydney is to retain that portion of its food supply produced in its urban fringe foodlands, the state government needs to move soon to secure agricultural land for farming in perpetuity. This, and the need for a 'Sydney Grown' label to identify food produced in the Greater Sydney region, are among proposals made in the Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network's (NSW group) submission to the review of the Sydney Metropolitan Strategy...

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  • ACFCGN submission to City of Sydney 2010

    The Australian City Farms & Community Gardens Network (NSW section) made a submission to the City of Sydney's policy on community gardens during the policy's public exhibition phase in 2010...

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  • 2010 Tasmania community gardening conference

    A speaking engagement at the Tasmanian Community Garden Network annual conference leads to an edible tour of the island state, the gem of the Southern Ocean...

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  • Network encourages Minister to support city fringe foodlands

    Following its submission to the review of the Sydney Metropolitan strategy, the Australian City Farms & Community Gardens Network issues this media release...

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  • Book to help start and nurture community gardens

    Those South Australians are an innovative and busy lot. Now they've launched a book on starting and nurturing community gardens...

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