Via our local permaculture group, I’ve just heard that Landshare has just arrived in Australia. The basic idea is to connect up those with spare (unused but arable) land, with people who have a passion for gardening. The produce is then shared. (It’s an alternative approach to the traditional community garden.) From a distance of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘community gardens’
Landshare comes to Australia
Posted in Growing our own food, Local issues, tagged community gardens, landshare on February 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
More community garden resources
Posted in Growing our own food, Local issues, tagged community gardens, policies on August 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s session of the Milkwood part-time permaculture course is on community gardens. Run by Russ Grayson, a veteran of permaculture and community gardens, he pointed us to a pile of useful resources: Community Garden Guide (City of Sydney; PDF) Community Garden Policy (City of Sydney; PDF) Community Gardens – A Policy Direction (Marrickville Council; [...]
Wealthy communities & the Permaculture Biz
Posted in Local issues, tagged community gardens, gardening, permaculture on May 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Robin will give a brief PowerPoint slide show titled ‘Wealthy Communities’ which showcases co-operative and community strategies that support the creation of real wealth. Robin’s primary passion is interactive group work and creative learning so, to complete the evening, you’ll get to experience an activity that will support teamwork and the deepening of connections and [...]
Council gives Guerilla Gardeners a green light
Posted in Guerrilla gardening, tagged community gardens, guerilla gardening, Guerrilla gardening, marrickville council on November 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Yarra Council in Melbourne has recently come out in support of Guerilla gardens in their municipality. This will set a precedent for other councils. Are you listening, Marrickville Council? In the meantime: As Rebecca Solnit, the inspiring San Francisco-based activist, concludes in her book Hope in the Dark: the Untold History of People Power, there [...]
Grants for community gardens
Posted in Useful resources, tagged community gardens, grants on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Open Garden scheme has just announced details on their 2009 grants program for community gardens. This gives cash to community gardens across Australia that are of ” lasting benefit to the local and wider community” and are “accessible to the public on a permanent or semi-permanent basis”. I think it’s wonderful that there is [...]
Inner west community gardens
Posted in Useful resources, tagged community gardens, gardens, glebe, lilyfield, marrickville, newtown, petersham, redfern, rozelle on May 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There are a number of community gardens in the Inner West of Sydney (and many more beyond). These provide a great opportunity for those with small gardens (or no gardens!) to grow their own vegetables, herbs and fruit. Today we visited the Marrickville Food Forrest, located on Addison Road, in the Addison Road Centre (ARC). [...]
