Published by City Farmer, Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture
Australian City Farms,
Community Gardens
and Enterprise Centres
Inventory
1996
Australian City Farms, Community Gardens, & Enterprise Centre
Inventory (1996)
Dr. Darren Phillips of Hobart, Tasmania has
written and produced this timely 64 page booklet on city farming
"down-under". Copies of the booklet can be obtained from:
Darren Phillips
Symbioun Australia
PO Box
160 Woodbridge TAS. 7162
Ph/fax: 03 6224 8767
darrenp@southcom.com.au
The cost is Australian $15 per copy, plus postage and handling
of $5 within Australia and $7 (Overseas surface mail) (though this
charge may be adjusted for posting multiple copies.)
"This inventory currently lists over 40 centres for Australia, drawn from all six States and the Australian Capital Territory, bar the Northern Territory. Many other centres are believed to be in existence or in very early formative stages of development. The centres listed vary widely in size, number of active site users, focus and range of activities undertaken, period of establishment, etc. They extend from large, highly organised centres with government support (usually local government), to the communal gardening efforts of small groups of people or small demonstration sites, through to exciting new 'Community Supported Agriculture' business ventures such as that undertaken by Lismore Challenge City Farm. This extraordinary range, highlights the fact that it is not so much the size of the centre but the 'principles' and methods of resource management being practised on-site that matter, and that food production systems if well designed and maintained can be highly productive in both small and large areas."
Network
Just prior to publishing this first Inventory of Australian City Farms, Community Gardens & Enterprise Centres, a number of people/organisations with a strong commitment to these activities have come together to form a network of such centres. The network is focused on providing information support and assistance in whatever way it can for city farming and community gardening activities for each State in Australia.
The Network's contacts for information support and exchange, by State, are as follows:
Queensland
Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond
c/o Sustainable
Futures
Lot 50 Crystal Waters
MS 16 Maleny Qld 4552
ph/fax:
0754 944 833
syzygy@squirrel.com.au
New South Wales
Fiona Campbell & Russ Grayson
Pacific Edge
Permaculture
PO Box 446, Kogarah, NSW 2117
02-9588 6931(Ph)
Web Site:
'NSW (New South Wales) Community Gardens'
pacedge@magna.com.au
Victoria
CERES
8-10 Lee St.,
Brunswick East, Vic. 3057
03-9387 2609(Ph)
03-938 1844 Fax)
ceres@enternet.com.au
South Australia
1. Brad Nott
39 Davenport Street, Banksia Park SA 5091
bradnott@camtech.net.au
2. Ed Wilby
PO Box 2062, Kenttown SA 5071
ewilby@metropolis.net.au
Tasmania
Darren Phillips
Symbioun Australia
PO Box
160 Woodbridge TAS. 7162
Ph/fax: 03 6224 8767
darrenp@southcom.com.au
Symbioun
Australian Capital Territory
Dave Tooley
Earth Care
Organic Systems
32 Keys Cres., Wanniassa, A.C.T. 2903
Western Australia
Joshua Byrne and Martin Anda
Environmental Technology Centre Murdoch University
Murdoch WA 6150
Ph: 08 9360 6123
Fax: 08 9310 4997
j.byrne@student.murdoch.edu.au
anda@essun1.murdoch.edu.au
The Environmental Technology Centre
Northern Territory
John Denlay
5/7 Merkur Court, Larrakeyah NT 0820
rhythm99@hotmail.com
National
Noel Blencowe, CERES
8-10 Lee St., Brunswick
East, Vic. 3057
03-9387 2609(Ph)
03-938 1844 Fax)
Name Index By State
(of City Farms, Community Gardens and Enterprise
Centres)*
Australian Capital Territory (A.C.T.)
Australian Centre
for Environmentally Sustainable Systems Inc. (ACESS Inc.), Kingston
Canberra Organic Growers Society (six sites: Oaks Estate, Theodore,
Erindale, Charnwood, Mitchell & Cotter Community Gardens)
Youthhaven Horticulture Project, Kambah
New South Wales (NSW)
Web Site:
'NSW (New South Wales) Community Gardens'
Angel Street Community Garden,
Newtown
Big Scrub Environment Centre, Lismore
Blue Mountains
Organic Community Gardens, Katoomba (2 sites)
Fairfield City Farm,
Abbotsbury
Glovers Community Garden, Rozelle
Hawkesbury
Earthcare, Hawkesbury
InteLife, Katoomba
Kooragang City Farm,
Wallsend/Newcastle
Lismore Challenge City Farm, Lismore
Randwick Community Garden, Randwick
St. Clair Organic Garden, St.
Clair
U NSW Permaculture Garden, Randwick
Woolloomooloo
Community Garden, Woolloomooloo
Queensland (Qld) Darling Downs Natural Growers Group Inc.,
Toowoomba
Green Corner (Brisbane City Farm Association), Bardon
North East Support Group Garden, ZilImere
Northey Street City Farm,
Windsor
South Australia (SA) Eleanora (The Ranch) City Farm, Noarlunga
Downs
Halifax Eco City Project, Adelaide City
Hindmarsh City
Farm, Brompton
Salisbury High City Farm, Salisbury
Tasmania (Tas.)
Creative Living Centre, Burnie
Victoria (Vic.)
Bundoora Park Children's Farm,
Bundoora
CERES, East Brunswick
Collingwood Children's Farm,
Collingwood
Collingwood Community Garden, Collingwood
Edendale
Community Farm, Eltham
Knox Community Garden, Knox
Myuna Farm,
Doveton
Nunawading Community Garden, Forest Hill & Blackburn
Ringwood Community Garden, Ringwood
West Brunswick Community
Gardens, West Brunswick
Western Australia (WA)
East Perth City Farm, East Perth
(* To date there are no centres known to the author based in the Northern Territory)
