Come on a tour looking at a range of different edible school gardens. Hear directly from kitchen garden kids and educators about what their very own urban ag site means to them, and see first-hand how they are contributing to their community's local food system.
Read MoreA tour of our city garden looking at practical ways of generating a lot of produce from a city backyard whilst still maintain the function and feel of a backyard. I will discuss multi and repeat sowing techniques, the benefits of plugs or seed starting, seed collecting, a discussion on edible flowers and showing how multi grafted fruit trees are a boon for small spaces. I will also show how we keep our chickens, bees (if established at that time) and our compost set up.
Read MoreOpen garden, swap seeds, plants & produces, social food and Edible Garden Promoter: Volunteer Training program information, harvest and biointensive gardening workshop, bokashi compost fermentation, and liquid biofertiliser making workshop
Read MoreIn this facilitated webinar Richard Rowe from Sustainable Gardening Australia (SGA) will use the Climate7 framework (7 ways to Climate Consciousness) to explore how gardening and growing food at home should be incorporated into all our personal climate action plans. We will also collect the inputs and ideas from attendees to generate a growing database of climate action ideas to inspire personal action.
Read MoreThe APC is a biennial gathering of permaculture people from around the country and the Asia Pacific region. All people with an interest in permaculture and regenerative development are invited to join us for 4 days of workshops, hands-on activities, and discussions on how we can both celebrate and support nature’s abundance. The Community Gardens & Permaculture Festival will be held on the Sunday before the Convergence, in conjunction with Northey Street City Farm’s weekly Organic Farmers...
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