Tag Archives: community gardens

From village to city state to megalopolis, food shapes cities and lives

From village to city state to megalopolis, food shapes cities and lives

Architect and writer, Carolyn Steel, knows a thing or two about food, its history and politics. These she shared at a talk one rainy night at UNSW…

It was Costa with lettuce and corn at Waterloo

It was Costa with lettuce and corn at Waterloo

Costa the telegardener does a lot to popularise growing food in our cities. He was at it again when he led an afternoon workshop at Waterloo Library…

Celebration marks end of year one for the James Street garden

Celebration marks end of year one for the James Street garden

A night to remember… the first birthday of the James Street Reserve Community Garden which was attended by City of Sydney CEO, Monica Barone…

Visitors tour sustainability hubs and community gardens

Visitors tour sustainability hubs and community gardens

Visitors from the Philippines and Canada get acquainted with Sydney’s community gardens and sustainability centres…

Town Hall to go vegetable green

Town Hall to go vegetable green

How do you make a small food garden on the terrace outside the meeting room at Town Hall House? You get an enthusiastic team, an experienced trainer and then you get things started…

Farmers of the urban footpath – design guidelines for street verge gardens

Farmers of the urban footpath – design guidelines for street verge gardens

It’s happened suddenly — the upsurge of interest in gardening the street verge with edible plants. But before we rush out to replace our nature strip lawn with vegetables, there’s a few design considerations we would do well to take into account…

Sydney meeting puts AFSA on food advocacy map

Sydney meeting puts AFSA on food advocacy map

Citizens, community organisations, small farmers, food advocacy and eduction organisations, heath interests, small business and social enterprise working in food production, distribution and waste management have a new voice in Australia now that the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) has taken steps to set itself up as a formal agency…