Growing Communities

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Growing Communities
is an initiative of Northey Street City Farm, set up to promote the establishment, development and on-going support of schools and community Gardens in South East Queensland and beyond.

We provide services to schools, community organisations, government, business & individuals. These services include:

Design, consultancies, implementation and ongoing management support incl.
waste/resource audits, water management plans
Training and curriculum integration
Network development and support eg annual seminars, network meetings.
State and national promotion of community gardening

Please click here to download our schedule of fees.

learning in the garden seminar

Presented by Growing Communities, Brisbane, Qld.
Thursday 26th & Friday 27th April, 2007

An opportunity for educators, parents and health professionals to walk through school gardens and learn how to set up and integrate them into your school with resources and programs developed to support “learning in the garden”.

	Visit real school garden to see the theory in action! Get practical models of how you can work with your local Councill/ local community groups to get support for establishing a school garden Hear some of the practical considerations for establishing a school garden – including potential pitfalls Learn useful tips for how gardens can be used in a number of curriculum areas within schools Hear about how school gardens can be used to focus community attention on key local and global environmental issues

For seminar's details including program, costs and registration form please click here (PDF doc).

	What are Community Gardens?

Community gardens are places for learning, while relaxing and having a good time. They play an important role in developing community in an environment which fosters participation and self help. They make use of urban open spaces, contributing towards the sustainability and appearance of cities. They provide valuable social contact and foster self-steam by enabling gardeners to ‘produce’ together. They incubate other social enterprises incl. food co-ops and growers markets. Last, but no least they produce surplus food to distribute to disadvantage groups or to sell as part of a community business

	For more information on how Growing Communities can help with your garden please email us at growingc@bigpond.net.au or ring 07-3857 8775

about us	contact us	back to city farm

Growing Communities is an initiative of Northey Street City Farm, set up to promote the establishment, development and on-going support of schools and community Gardens in South East Queensland and beyond.

We provide services to schools, community organisations, government, business & individuals. These services include:

An opportunity for educators, parents and health professionals to walk through school gardens and learn how to set up and integrate them into your school with resources and programs developed to support “learning in the garden”.

For more information on how Growing Communities can help with your garden please email us at growingc@bigpond.net.au or ring 07-3857 8775

Growing Communities
is an initiative of Northey Street City Farm, set up to promote the establishment, development and on-going support of schools and community Gardens in South East Queensland and beyond.