Community Gardens
Community gardens are places where people come together to grow fresh food, to learn, relax and make new friends.
Community gardeners know that sharing land to grow food and other plants builds a sense of place and community.
The benefits of community gardening include:
• easy access to fresh, nutritious food
• a sense of achievement that comes through growing some of your own food needs
• making friends with people in the neighbourhood
• learning the skills of gardening, shared decision making and cooperation, all of which are necessary to successful community gardens
• healthy outdoor exercise
• increase community pride
• improving the local environment
There are a number of community gardening initiatives happening in the city that you can be involved in.
Adelaide City Council Community Gardening Volunteer Role
Interested in helping out? Find out how you can get involved in participating in the maintainance of designated community and street garden areas.
Alternatively, you can also stop by and explore the many community and street garden areas in the City and North Adelaide as listed below.
Box Factory Community Centre
Where: 59 Regent Street South
Table gardens available for community use
Contact: bfcc@adelaidecitycouncil.com or 8203 7749
Common Ground Community Garden
Where: 91 Franklin St (old Bus Station)
Table gardens for Common Ground tenants only
Secateurs Community Garden Group
Where: St Andrews Hospital (South Terrace)
Membership required
Contact: secateursadelaide@gmail.com
Tynte Community Garden
Where: 176 Tynte Street (behind the Post Office)
Raised garden beds for community use. Read about these unique raised garden beds!
No membership required
Contact: nacc@adelaidecitycouncil.com or 8267 6813
Walyo Yerta Community Garden Group
Where: Veale Gardens (South Park Lands behind the Conservatory)
Membership required
Contact: www.walyoyertagarden.org.au or 8212 3533
To find out more about other Community Gardening initiatives in Australia visit www.communitygarden.org.au
