Category: Community
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Make a Harvest Bag
This is one of our homemade large produce harvesting bags (obviously small berries would fall through the holes but this is great when citrus is in season). Made from an old trawler net which you can buy cheaply second hand (or unfortunately find washed up on the beach). It’s a good simple sewing project for…
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May in the Food Forest
May is my absolute favourite month in our subtropical garden. In season now are pawpaws, citrus, edible ginger flowers and a huge abundance of pumpkins and bananas. If you are lucky enough there are also beautiful rosellas! Also, capsicums, cherry tomatoes, loquats, custard apples, the last of the peanut butter fruits and acerola cherries. Then…
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Beyond the Supermarket
There are over 30 000 edible food plants in the world yet here in Australia we commonly eat less than 1% of these varieties. Given our versatile subtropical climate there is so much more on offer out there than the standard supermarket fare. Commercial crops are not always the most delicious or nutritious. They are…
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Taringa Community Garden Flower Workshop (June 4th 2023)
Thank you to all of the lovely community members who came out early on Sunday morning to talk everything flowers. For those interested in information on propagating flower cuttings (particularly salvias), check out this Gardening Australia video. Salvia Garden – Gardening Australia (abc.net.au) Special thanks to the lovely Claire and her great team for the…
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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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