• Luffa

    Loofah

    A vigorous annual fruiting vine with vines growing up to 5m long. They look very similar to a cucumber vine with maple leaf shaped leaves and small bright yellow male and female flowers.

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  • Long Net Stinkhorn

    A very unusual-looking fungus, the veiled stinkhorn grows up to 25cm high with a slimy, conical-shaped cap approx. 50mm x 40mm, which varies in colour from white to brown to rusty orange.

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  • Kang Kong

    A semiaquatic tropical perennial that produces edible leaves and tips year-round.

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  • Hummingbird Tree

    The Hummingbird Tree is a softwood that grows to a height of between 3 and 10m.

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  • Cassava

    A perennial plant that grows to 2m it is best grown as an annual for its crop of long and tapered starchy roots.

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  • Carambola

    A beautiful tree with edible fruit that is perfect for any food forest in the tropics. 

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  • Community gardens or related: theses, papers, and reports

    A listing of theses, reports and conference papers...

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  • Composting coffee grounds

    A poster by Golden Brown Tasmania on how to compost coffee grounds in your school or community garden...

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  • Zero Waste Initiative For Community Gardens

    We have created a PDF as a useful resource for Launceston schools and community covering methods to reduce waste and creating useful resources from waste.

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  • 2020 Community Garden Survey Results

    Our yearly national survey of community gardens helps us to see the developments happening in community gardens across Australia and build a better picture of how they are progressing.

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