There are many opportunities for gardening to foster building community. There are, of course, the growing number of community gardens, but people are getting together in gardening groups or to share their produce or to plant out nature strips. Through community building we get to know others, discuss how we garden and gain an amazing range of information.
Here are our posts about community building:
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Using Gardening for Therapy
Using gardening for therapy is the cornerstone of Kevin Heinze GROW (KHG), a social enterprise operating in the Doncaster and Coburg suburbs of…
Local Food and Harvest Swaps
Groups which swap and share food and other local produce have been increasing in number for more than a decade. As the Food Swap Network in North…
Can’t compost food waste? Try sharing it
Would you like to reduce your carbon footprint by decreasing food waste which accounts for 30% of all the resources used in farming i.e. water,…
Heart in Garden
Nicla Byrnes writes: Gardening is more than soil and productivity. It is frequently much more profound - intersecting with personal experiences,…
A Community Water Conservation Project
Sometimes it’s possible to achieve multiple outcomes at the same time. Through government assistance, a Melbourne community has been able to harvest…
Yackandandah Community Garden is blooming marvellous
Yackandandah is an historic country town tucked away in foothills of the Stanley State Forest in north east Victoria. It is a warm place with a…
SGA Community Gardens Project successfully completed
In February 2009, bushfires of unprecedented size and ferocity swept across regional Victoria. During the worst days of the firestorms, 173 people…
What are the possibilities when modern communities grow more of their own food?
Earlier in the year around 70 SGA supporters made the trek out to Brunswick to participate in the first in a series of World Café style events as…
Wellbeing Gardening – Gardening for the Body, Mind & Spirit
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in tune once more” - John Burroughs (1837-1921),…
Toolangi & Castella Community Garden
Amidst the towering Mountain Ash forests of the Kinglake Ranges in Victoria, sit the two small conjoined communities of Toolangi & Castella. In…
Jindivick Community Garden Open Day
Saturday 20th October 2012 from 10am to 4pm Jindivick Community Garden, at Kydd Parke Reserve in Jindivick is participating in West Gippsland’s…
Yinnar & District Community Garden is shaping up!
A boggy paddock at the back of the old butter factory in Yinnar has been transformed into a dynamic and creative community garden that is drawing…
Community Gardens – 12 months on, the journey continues!
It is nice to reflect on the year that has been and to acknowledge with a sense of accomplishment a year of hard work and many milestones. And I’m…
Community Gardens for Gippsland
An exciting community project has been bubbling away in two Gippsland communities since the beginning of this year. Both the Jindivick community in…
Swapping Seeds
It seems to be quite a common practice to swap seeds with overseas friends and relatives. This seemingly benign and happy pastime has a dark side…
Biodynamic Community Farm
Tucked away in the lush southwest corner of Western Australia is Gardenup, a biodynamic farm, in the town of Boyup Brook. But it's not just any…
Creating Community through Gardening
Right in the centre of the city of Newcastle in New South Wales is a community garden with a twist. Fig Tree Community Garden doesn't have…
We Will Rebuild – Gardening After Bushfires
Bushfires are regular event in our fire-prone country. Unfortunately, communities are sometimes devastated and, sadly, these tragic events…
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation
One of the greatest pleasures as a gardening parent is getting the children involved in gardening, especially produce gardening. Watching them…