Gardening and food production
Resources on sustainable gardening and growing food close to home.
Gardening with indigenous plants
Tips and tools on how to create your own sustainable garden.
Food production at home
Growing produce close to home helps reduce high food miles, chemical and water use typically associated with commercially grown food, and has other health benefits.
Community gardens
A community garden is land gardened by a group. Some have individual plots and others are shared spaces.
Free mulch
Council sometimes has free mulch available to residents for garden landscaping.
Food systems
To support community food growing initiatives, Council is committed to developing an food systems and urban agriculture strategy for Merri-bek.