Community Gardens
Community gardens are places where people come together to grow food and community
In 2003-2004 Community Centres SA was funded by the Department of Health to co-ordinate a ‘Community Gardening in SA’ project. One of the outcomes of this project was the ‘Community Gardening in SA Resource Kit’
In 2009, the Resource Kit was fully revised and updated, and has been reprinted as ‘Growing Community: Starting and Nurturing Community Gardens’
The Growing Community booklet and website content were created to encourage the establishment of new community gardens and to support the flourishing of those already growing.
The booklet and website content have been designed to be relevant to:
- groups starting a community garden
- professionals considering using community gardening as part of their programmes
- people who are asked to support community garden projects
- those sustaining and developing established community gardens
The information this booklet contains is based on questions posed by people starting community gardens and advice from experienced community gardeners, as well as research in community development, project management, and sustainable gardening.
Growing Community Booklet Download
The Growing Community: Starting and Nurturing Community Gardens booklet is now available.
Due to the size of the booklet it will only be available for download in sections.
- Growing Communities Booklet: Part 1
- Growing Communities Booklet: Part 2
- Growing Communities Booklet: Part 3
- Growing Communities Booklet: Part 4
Professionally printed copies are available from Community Centres SA for $10.00 each (plus postage and handling). Contact Community Centres SA on 8371 4622 or e-mail info@communitycentressa.asn.au to purchase a copy
Resources
This website contains up-to-date links, resources and downloads to supplement the information in the Growing Communities Booklet
Links and additional information
Download links and additional information on the following topics:
- Designing welcoming, inclusive and accessible gardens
- Community garden visualisation
- Gardening with children
- Gardening with schools
- Community garden rules and guidelines
- Users guide to meetings
- Meetings: a guide for facilitators
- Grants
- Training providers
- Introductions, icebreakers and energisers
Gardening basics
Download Basic gardening fact sheets on the following topics:
- Mulch
- Tips to save water in your garden
- Organic pest control
- Organic weed control
- Companion planting
- Planting seedlings
- Growing fruit trees
- Saving seeds
- Propagation
- Worm farming
Teaching resources
Download Teaching handouts on the following topics:
- Meetings: a guide for facilitators
- A user’s guide to meetings
- Facilitation: 10 point checklist
- Manual handling
- Responsible control of pests and weeds.
Administration resources
Download Administration resources on the following topics:
- Site assessment checklist
- Plot application form
- Volunteer job description/wanted notice
- Volunteer registration/application form
- Community garden training needs survey
- School booking form
These documents are also available in Word Document format so they can be adapted for use at your garden
- Site assessment checklist
- Site Plot application form
- Volunteer job description/wanted notice
- Volunteer registration/application form
- School booking form