Tag: urban farming

Christchurch Community Gardens Association

“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…

Richmond Community Gardens

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…

Cultivate Christchurch

Cultivate Christchurch combines urban farming with youth development and community engagement. We transform urban areas into farms, providing employment and skills to young people, who also get the opportunity to work alongside community volunteers. We sell veggie boxes you can have delivered to your door, or pick-up from the farm gate and know your money…

The Addington Farm

Here at The Addington Farm we are all about three things: produce, place and people. Produce: At our farm we grow veges. Nutrient rich and locally grown produce is the key to a healthy city. Not only are locally grown vegetables tasty and nutritious, they’re also friendlier to our environment than imported or long hauled…