Find examples of community garden governance documents — codes of conduct, management plans, risk management documents etc…
NSW
- Sustainable Neighbourhood Alliance, Lake Macquarie:
- Community Gardens Site Induction and Risk Management Plan you can download as a PDF
- Community gardens policy and procedure you can download as a PDF
- Community gardens work diary you can download as PDF
- Paddington Community Garden
- Randwick Community Organic Garden — Member documents
- Carss Park Community Garden — Gardeners’ Guide [PDF 1.1MB]
- Mosman Community Gardeners — Code of Conduct
- Camdenville Paddock Community Garden — Management Plan
SA
- Useful templates from the City of Marion:
- Management Plan Template – download as a Word file
- Budget Template – download as a Word file
- Safety Plan Template – download as a Word file
- Planning and community engagement form – download as a Word file.
- NOTE: if you want to download Word files on our Google Drive, in the dropdown menu ‘File’ scroll down to ‘Download’:
VIC
- Veg Out — application form and Veg Out Vows – download as PDF
- Knox Community Garden Society Inc. —
https://knoxcommunitygardens.org.au/about-us/rules-and-bylaws/ - Presentation at the CGA 2023 Conference on Governance by Susan Laukens from Knox Community Garden Society Inc. — view the slide show: https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=3D39030173A53D90%2136185&authkey=!ADstFIAB5cBv61I
NZ
- Canterbury Community Gardens
- Constitution – download as a Word file
- Guide to starting a community Garden – download as PDF
- Tips for making a community garden health and safety plan – download as a PDF.
Work Health and Safety (WHS)
Visit our Work Health & Safety webpage to find examples of community garden WHS documents.