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Status: Published

pond surrounded by native water plants and rocks

Gavann Garden Farm

Jilliby

Abundant covered market gardens using raised and keyhole beds. Gavin and Ann produce seedlings and fresh veggies for sale at their farmgate. The property includes a small orchard and nursery, and free range chickens. The structures have been cleverly repurposed from available resources.

Status: Published

Hedges and wooden fence surrounding Bell's kitchen garden

Bells at Killcare Kitchen Garden

Killcare

In our restaurant, the seasonal menu offerings are designed using large amounts of house-made, home-grown, organic and local produce from our gardens and local suppliers. The hotel grounds feature two lush edible gardens, which are harvested daily, forming the basis of much of the menu. Our Horticulturist, Megan Jackson, and house chefs, are continuously planting new, seasonal seedlings and hand picking produce to use that very day. In addition to the onsite kitchen gardens, we have approximately 30 chickens that keep the kitchen well supplied with fresh eggs. We are dedicated to growing our own produce and sourcing as much local produce as we can, to ensure quality and seasonality are achieved.

Status: Published

Tryptych of images - children picking veges in the Mustard Seed Farm gardens

Mustard Seed Small Farm

Glenning Valley

When we moved to this property 2.5 years ago, it was an overgrown paddock. Since that time we've established a 400m2 veggie patch, welcomed a flock of Orpington chickens & 2 crazy miniature goats; Salty & Crinkles. We make our own compost on site using a 3-bay hot compost system. We make compost tea from these piles & our 2 large worm farms. Most of our structures have been made with reclaimed materials. We value diversity on our property & have a wide range of herbs, flowers, fruits & veggies growing at all times: both annuals & perennials. Most of the perennials were shared with us by other generous Permie folk around the Coast. If you decide to visit with us, you'll get a good sense of what's possible to achieve on a small acreage in a couple of years, with very limited time & material resources.

Status: Published

masses of yellow, white, purple and pink tulips growing

The Giving Farm

Jilliby

Here at The Giving Farm, we strive to make sure we are connected to our earth. Managing our land, not as farmers but as caretakers of the farm and the earth beneath it. We do not want to be separate from nature but to work with nature and the earth in harmony. Making sure that we are giving back to the earth what has been stripped away by conventional farming, making sure everything is in balance. We are a certified organic farm and aim to have a closed farm. This is where everything we use comes directly from the farm, this includes making composts, growing mulch, using our worm farm and animals to increase biology and health in our soils.

Status: Published

Lorrae holding a bowl of freshly picked salad in front of her house

The Chef’s Garden

Empire Bay

This pretty and productive front garden is truly a chef's joy. Providing herbs, edible flowers, and other unique plants to help provide inspiration and creativity for the seasonal menus for the Chef's Garden café almost directly across the road in the Impact Plants Nursery. Visit the garden and then make sure you pop over to the Café for a delicious bite to eat.

Status: Published

wide shot of a pathed garden with trees, shrubs and compost bin

The Sandcastle

McMasters Beach

Welcome to the Sandcastle! Located on a rural site and surrounded by established trees and distant mountain and sea views, our 2.5acre block got it's name from its working origins as a Sandmine in around the 1960's- 1970s, until it was abandoned and rezoned. Not only do we have a very sandy site, we also have pockets of terrible clay which was rumored to be dumped on our site when the sewer line was being built in MacMasters. We've spent 10 long years transforming our block from a hot, dry, sandy and barren site into a lush garden filled with natives, tropical exotics, Mediterranean landscapes and of course, fruit and vegetable gardens.

Status: Published

Malabar gourd plant growing all over a trellis archway

Bite Size Permaculture

Woongarrah

The garden you'll find at Bite Size Permaculture is the result of a 15-year journey. Come and see for yourself how we transformed this typical suburban block into the diverse, abundant, foodscape and habitat garden it is today. From the front yard to beyond the back gate, there are plenty of ideas you can incorporate into your own system.

Status: Published

low angle view of the Blue Swimmer Cottage gardens with daisies and warrigal greens in the foreground

Blue Swimmer Cottage

Summerland Point

Here’s a glimpse at what you will find at Blue Swimmer Cottage: • 25+ Fruit trees including our amazing custard apple, coffee & sapote trees. • Approx 100sqm of food producing garden beds, growing a diverse range of fruit, veg & medicinal plants. • The ‘Pollinators Corridor’. A mix of edible, medicinal & ornamental plants growing both sides of a pebble path down the narrow side of the cottage. • 12 month old native verge garden including native edibles. • Pond with various edible water plants as well as habitat for our local frogs. • Systems in action - water capture & storage, worm farm for food waste, in-ground composting, leave the leaves plus chop & drop composting for garden waste, maximising microclimates (our lychee & dragonfruit are testament to this).  Soil building in situ. • Tips on pest management & weed control. • Propagation advice • Plants for sale • Oh & birds, lots of birds!

Status: Published

Front garden featuring pawpaw and other fruit trees

My Secret Garden

Bateau Bay

I have a suburban garden block with very sandy soil. I need to continually add organic material to improve my soil to be productive for vegetables and fruit trees. I am totally self sufficient in fruit production with mulberry tree, lemon, lemonade, fig, grapevines, cherry guava, feijoa, bananas and pawpaw. I grow most of the vegetables usually focusing on salad greens, spinach etc. and herbs I require focusing on some root vegetables, yacon & taro.  I have a native bee hive and worm farm and cold composting bin. I really enjoy my Secret Garden and enjoy working in it.

Status: Published

Well mulched garden bed showing lettuce, onions and strawberries

Miyan Nura

Umina

A combination of native herbs and vegetables with more traditional introduced herbs and vegetables. The flavours and nutrition of our native herbs have been ignored for too long and I am trying to show their use and beauty. I endeavour to put every food scrap to work in a variety of ways, in particular by using a variety of different worm farming systems. Some of these I have created by recycling common containers.

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