A water smart street garden with Australian Native plants and raised garden beds to grow veggies with inground composting and rainwater retention. The garden is built to retain all rainwater on site by laying agpipes on the perimeter. Native plants have been attracting a lot of wildlife – wallabies, birds, bees. The garden will keep[…]
Binnowee Community Garden is an initiative of the Berowra Baptist Church, and is on the property of Berowra Baptist Church and Berowra Christian School, and open to the wider community on weekends and during school holidays. It is a herb, vegetable, fruit and flower garden, with five raised beds, gazebo, composting bins, a bathtub worm[…]
Suburban garden with fruit trees (lemon lime orange nectarine peach and pears) Chooks, native bees, 2 worm farms, outdoor potting table, compost, veggie garden beds, garden sheds
We are on an 800 sq metre block and have Indian runner ducks, Pekins, quail and a beehive. There are three veggie areas including large, raised beds and potted fruit trees for shade and to define areas. Elements of permaculture are evident in the garden including closed systems e.g. veggie waste eaten by the chickens,[…]
Anzac Park Community garden was opened in March 2019. It is designed in the shape of the Anzac Star to complement the park and the Anzac Memorial with its rows of Turpentine trees representing the tough Anzac soldiers. We have around 30 volunteers and many new friendships have been made through the garden. We have[…]
A small community garden located in the heart of Darlington. We have around 50 active members and over thousands of followers on social media followers. Our goal as a community garden is to: Grow and maintain a beautiful garden for our community, Provide a welcoming place for our community to learn about gardening and socialise,[…]
My husband and I have lived in Matraville for 20 years. We purchased our block with the sole intention of holistic sustainable living – this philosophy is predominate in our lives. Matraville is basically on a sand dune so as we get older it is easy digging – the flip side is the ongoing challenge[…]
The design of this garden is based on permaculture and food forests (also known as regenerative agriculture and syntropic farming), representing wholistic land rehabilitation. It approaches land use from a traditional aboriginal custodianship perspective, equally focussing on preserving the environment, supporting local native animals and providing a viable farm/forest model that takes in to account[…]
Growing food is a passion for Jitendra. Despite the short time since moving, his garden is full of abundance with a verge garden and raised garden beds at the front and a variety of features in the back garden, including family space. Here you can find fruit trees, a banana circle, chickens, solar and water[…]
The Family Paddock is our 14-acre patch of paradise which we are aiming to become largely self-sufficient using organic principles. We began our journey in October 2017. The land was very badly neglected for the previous 19 years so we have spent a lot of time weeding, especially lantana and privet. So far we have[…]