Climate Resilient Gardening

Food Growing & Resilience

Adapt your food-growing practices to a changing climate. We’ll show you how to adjust to shifting seasons and embrace climate-savvy methods like no-dig gardening and planting perennial foods. This section also explores creative solutions like using unused spaces for food production and building community food systems.

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Growing Abundance in Boxes: Pia’s Styrofoam Garden

Pia Lefevre’s Thornbury courtyard garden thrives with repurposed Styrofoam boxes, milk crates, and creativity, growing food and flowers sustainably.

How Rockdust Works to Improve Soil Health

Rockdust is a natural soil amendment that improves soil health by slowly replenishing essential minerals, boosting soil health and supporting more resilient, productive plants.

Phenology: Reading Your Garden

Phenology is the study of seasonal natural events. By observing when plants leaf, flower and fruit, gardeners can better time planting, support pollinators and understand how climate change is shifting

Biochar for Climate-Resilient Gardening

Biochar helps Australian gardens thrive by boosting water retention, improving soil structure, supporting microbes, and storing carbon. When combined with compost, it builds resilient, nutrient-rich soils ready for harsher climates.

A Personal Path to Seed Saving

Seed saving strengthens climate resilience by preserving local plant diversity, reducing reliance on imports, and helping gardeners build self-sufficient, sustainable gardens adapted to changing conditions.

Shade Gardening

With hotter, windier summers ahead, shading is no longer optional. Smart, adaptable shade structures protect crops, conserve water, and sustain yields—an essential strategy for resilient food growing in a changing

Thriving in the Heat: Managing Plant Heat Stress

Understanding how various plants respond to heat and employing appropriate strategies to shield them from excessive temperatures are essential for ensuring their well-being.

No Dig Veggie Gardens

No-dig gardens are making a strong return as a climate-smart choice — conserving water, protecting soil health, and helping gardeners grow resilient, sustainable food gardens.

Top Productive Perennials

Productive perennials save time, withstand climate extremes, and provide year-round harvests. From warrigal greens to asparagus and pepino, these hardy plants offer resilient, sustainable, and cost-effective garden solutions.

Gardening and Food Security

Around the world, food security is an increasing concern. In Australia, most have reliable access, but rising population, climate change, and urban expansion highlight the growing importance of local food

What Gardeners Can Do About Climate Change

Gardening and agriculture produce several greenhouse gasses apart from carbon dioxide – and we can help lower emissions of most of them. Even if each gardener can only decrease small

Beat the Heat – with a DIY Sunshade

When summer temperatures soar, even the toughest veggies can struggle. SGA subscriber Sarah Mare shares her clever DIY solution — simple shade cloth screens that protect crops from scorching sun

Regenerative Gardening = Sustainable Gardening

Regenerative gardening blends sustainable agriculture, permaculture, and traditional Indigenous practices to grow food, enhance ecosystems, and improve soil and water health while minimizing environmental harm.

Garden like a Natural Farmer

Natural farming teaches gardeners to grow food sustainably using everyday ingredients and household waste. Techniques like fermented plant juices and microorganism solutions enrich soil, reduce chemical use, and boost garden

Backyard Food Forest Gardening using Ecological Principles

Backyard food forest gardening uses ecological principles to create productive, low-impact gardens. By observing natural forests, gardeners can design resilient spaces that work with soil, plants, and the environment.

Can’t compost food waste? Try sharing it with community composting

Community composting helps reduce food waste and greenhouse gas emissions by connecting people who have scraps with those who can turn them into compost. Apps like Peels make sharing local

Protecting Plants in Hot Weather

As hot days become more frequent, protecting your plants early is key. Simple, sustainable, and low-cost strategies can safeguard them without expensive equipment.