There are so many ways to get involved. This page showcases grass roots movements that have flourished, spreading knowledge, kindness and generosity throughout our communities.
From Community Food Swaps and Edible Exchanges to volunteer and educational programs, or just learning how to productively grow food and sharing it when you can, we can all make a difference!
Community Food Swaps Once a month, local gardeners get together to swap home grown produce, plants, preserves and baked goods. No money changes hands, just plenty of smiles and wonderful local gardening advice. Our local swap is at the park on a Saturday morning and it has been an invaluable resource for meeting like minded gardeners and real growers who know their stuff.
Edible Exchanges are popping up across Brisbane. These exchanges allow communities to swap their excess produce and plants. It is an honesty exchange system, with a publicly accessible cart where produce is traded. No money changes hands, just a lot of yummy produce.
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…
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…
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…
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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