Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network fact sheets (2011)

Description

The Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network has created a set of 10 fact sheets to help those who are thinking about setting up a community garden, or those who are already involved in a community garden.

The colourful and easy-to-read fact sheets cover topics ranging from ideas to consider before starting a community garden, to crop rotation, composting and managing pests.

The fact sheets are not available in hard copy but are free to download from the website.

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When to use this resource

These fact sheets can provide useful information to anyone thinking about starting up a community garden. They could be used as a starting point for discussion at a community meeting or a council meeting. They could also be used to help answer any questions people may have regarding the management of a community garden or private garden.

Contact details

Email: info@communitygarden.org.au

To obtain more copies:

Fact sheets can be downloaded from the links provided below.

Links

• View publication: Community gardening: growing food, growing community (PDF - 2.1 MB)
• View publication: Creative composting: for the home and community gardener (PDF - 2.3 MB)
• View publication: Crop rotation for the home and community gardener (PDF - 3.4 MB)
• View publication: Ideas to consider before starting a community garden: checklist (PDF - 182.1 KB)
• View publication: Managing garden pests with integrated pest management (PDF - 3.4 MB)
• View publication: No-dig gardening for the home and community gardener (PDF - 1.2 MB)
• View publication: Organic gardening: productive, safe gardening for home & community gardeners (PDF - 4.1 MB)
• View publication: Permaculture a design system for sustainable human settlement (PDF - 1.4 MB)
• View publication: The sustainable home: enjoy life in an efficient dwelling (PDF - 4.1 MB)
• View publication: Thinking about safety in our community garden (PDF - 924.0 KB)
• View information: Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network fact sheets
• View website: Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network

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