Author: brisbaneediblegardening
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Companion Flowers
Diversity is a key component of our edible garden. This goes far beyond the hundreds of edible species of plants we grow and extends into a wide range of beautiful flowering plants. While the majority of these aren’t edible, they support our native bees and other pollinators while also making the garden beautiful (especially during…
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Taring Community Garden Flower Workshop
Come along and join us on Sunday 4th June for a workshop all about flowers and attracting bees into your garden. Taringa Community Garden | Facebook The Taringa community garden team of volunteers.
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Shayne Newman visits the garden.
It was a real education to drop into Brisbane Edible Gardening and catch up with Ketah and Jason today, and sample some of their produce. This fantastic local volunteer group grow a range of fruits, veges, bush foods and other edible plants, and provide advice to anyone interested in growing their own food. Food security…
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Leichardt Community Garden
If you are interested in establishing a backyard food forest or even thinking of setting up a community garden then getting involved with the Leichardt Community Garden is a great place to start. This awesome group of enthusiastic locals and gardening gurus are transforming a mostly bare block into a vibrant food forest for the local community…
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Volunteering Opportunities
We receive a lot of requests for visits to the Brisbane Edible Gardening experimental gardens and while we are thrilled by people’s interest, we don’t have tours. However, for those keen to see a food forest being created in our local climate and get hands on, we highly recommend getting involved with the Leichardt Community…
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Community Food Forests & Orchards Workshop
Highly recommend this Sunday’s (28th May 2023) free presentation from Gavin Hardy of Community Gardens Australia. If you are thinking of setting up a community garden, this presentation is a must. It’s also a great opportunity to view the Leichhardt Community Garden which broke the soil only 2 months ago by planting almost 100 fruit trees. To secure your spot,…
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Tomatoes
By Jason Hauser There’s thousands of varieties, hundreds of strategies for growing them, and just as many ways to be UNsuccessful growing them! I reckon I’ve tried many of the latter over the years and learned plenty the hard way Our subtropical climate seems hell bent on making sure we seldom see a perfect ripe…
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Pond
Ponds are a wonderful addition to any garden. They are beautiful, encourage wildlife and improve your microclimate. Pond habitats are also a source of nesting materials for birdlife, seeds as food and leaf stems for some frogs to lay their eggs. Construction If you have the room, bathtubs and IBCs cut in half make excellent…
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Pumpkins
By Jason Hauser We usually fail to grow them on purpose but succeed spectacularly when growing them by accident, and usually in places we didn’t really want to grow them. In a food forest setting they also have a place. The common notion is to grow them as a ground cover like you see on…
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