“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…
At our Food Talks gathering on April 18th we were lucky enough to be hosted by Antoinette and Jordan @ Happen Films. Antoinette and Jordan create amazing digital content telling the stories of inspirational people around New Zealand and Australia that are striving to make a difference in our world. Happen Films create “Documentary films…
Ōtākaro Orchard has been part of the rebuild vision from the first public consultation, and is the only community led anchor project. Co-created through community consultation, Ōtākaro Orchard will be a living learning hub for growing food, a local food information centre, with café, office and event spaces, and HQ for the Food Resilience Network….
Community food forest that provides a great location for family outings, events, picnics,learn how to grow food sustainably or to forage for food.