“Strengthen and nurture existing community gardens, and support new initiatives, in order to build strong communities and encourage these by respecting and fostering human and environmental diversity.” The Canterbury Community Gardens Association is a networking organisation for community gardens, promoting the growth of new and existing initiatives. CCGA is a group of community gardeners and supportive…
The garden is a hub of activities where volunteers contribute their time in the garden in exchange for good fresh organic vegetables and good company. People of all ages and abilities volunteer and visit, including families, people with disabilities, local schools and people feeling isolated in our community. As well as inspiring and educating people…
We are a pioneer organisation leading the charge in food resilience, ecological restoration and community engagement in the Red Zone. The Richmond Community Garden came together to re-establish the pre-earthquake vegetable garden next to Avebury house. However, with a dedicated group of volunteers the garden quickly became established and we set our sites on 2…
School Gardening Hui’s are so much fun 🙂 There is no better place to come together than at New Brighton Community Garden!! On Tuesday 26th March we invited preschool, primary and secondary school educators and people from within the food resilience space to come together to share time, kai and knowledge. We had held a…
We are a community centre with an established community garden, a Menz shed, a community shed and a community house. The gardens are looked after by a co-ordinator and a diverse group of volunteers of all ages and abilities. The gardens have fruit trees, herb gardens and shared communal vegetable beds and individual allotment gardens…
Project Lyttelton is a grass roots community group that works towards creating a vibrant sustainable community. It has a flat organisational structure, is values based and looks at what is possible rather than what is not working. A lot of what we do is focused around enhancing well being in our community. We run the…
The BHU Organics Trust is a joint venture between Lincoln University and the New Zealand Organic Movement. We are dedicated to providing education, training & research in organic, ecological, permanent and related agricultures and horticultures. There are three main sections within the trust: The BHU Organic Training College – Providing a Diploma in Agri-Food Production….
Behind an unassuming wooden fence in the heart of New Brighton,; so close to the beach, you can hear the waves slapping the shore; lies a garden of such surprising abundance it will take you breath away. Fruit trees drip with fruit, butterflies flit from flower to flower…