Narara Ecovillage

Follow the walking trail around the ecovillage to visit the 7 stops including five home gardens, the community gardens in the Triplespan and glasshouse, and the Scribbly Gum Food Forest. Showcasing a diversity of garden styles, all of the gardens are 4 years old or less but constantly evolving.

Gardens have everything from fully potted productive patches, raised garden beds, food forests, greenhouse and glasshouse infrastructure, a market garden, guild plantings, new and established fruit and nut trees, chooks, all forms of composting and soil improvement methods. There’ll be garden hosts at stops along the way.

• Candy’s Garden – Earthship with built-in greenhouse and productive gardens nestled in, access to garden and greenhouse areas only.
• Rafaele’s Garden – You may have been introduced Dorothy through the Restoration Australia feature, and the veggie gardens are a nice addition which fit right in with the old Queenslander’s front facade.
• John’s Garden  – Productive front yard garden constructed by a seasoned gardener who grows wherever he goes
• Donna’s Garden – With lovely chooks and rambling gardens. This garden packs a lot in and is a good lesson in permaculture gardening.
• Geoff’s Garden – Makes the most of the north aspect. Terraced garden. Good inspiration for re-using re-purposed materials
• Nursery / Farm Bot – For those interested in high tech gadgets you’ll enjoy checking out this fully automated machine gardener!
• Triplespan Community Garden – Traditional market garden layout inside the Triplespan structure, provides veggies for the village café and will be selling produce on the day.
• Scribbly Gum Food Forest – A shared space within the Narara Ecovillage created and cared for collectively and features a large variety of fruit and nut trees with swales on contour and habitat for wildlife.

Our waste free coffee cart will be open, selling yummy drinks and healthy food (bring your reusable coffee cup or borrow a mug). There will be an opportunity to purchase plants or produce and an info stall to find out more about the Narara Ecovillage. Village kids are also planning to host a refreshment stand along the way.

Open Saturday only. Please park on roadside and walk in main gates where there will be people and signage on the day. Narara Eco Village is mostly accessible.