“The health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible.”
― Albert Howard
The Sustainable Wetlands Agricultural Makers Project (SWAMP) – Central Coast, is a not-for-profit Community focused organisation, co-founded by a team of 7 like-minded humans with a passion for inspiring individuals to participate in the regeneration of community and reconnecting people to the importance of accessing locally grown and raised food. We are located on the beautiful grounds of The Central Coast Wetlands a historical, environmental and culturally significant space here on the Central Coast.
Take a big breath of fresh air as you drive down the dirt road towards the community garden, taking you back to era’s gone past, feel your soul relax, wind down your window and take it all in as you pass wetland scenery with rare and migratory birds, cattle grazing and vast open agricultural scenery.
SWAMP is a story of how a grassroots revolution – a true underground insurgency, can help turn climate change around and build healthy people and healthy communities, pivoting significantly on our relationship with growing and consuming food.
Our grass root programs, workshops and education offer individuals, community and local organisations the connections and learnings to help guide and navigate through the overwhelm of life with best practices to live sustainably and resiliently in the world today.
We do this through providing early childhood food education and nature play, ‘soil to plate’ programs aligned with disability support services, educational workshops on homesteading practices.
SWAMP provides a space for people to visit and connect to grow a community of like-minded people that may be isolated, new to the area, want to join a community garden, learn ways to grow and eat food, gardening tips, sharing local stories and local history, connecting in with our Indigenous communities and learn new ways to grow food and eat food together.
SWAMP sees an opportunity to bring people together and create a community garden that is thriving, resilient and strong for visitors and members alike to visit and belong.
Our active goals are to reduce the impact of local food waste, improving mental health and wellbeing, building bridges for people to come together, connecting our food grown on site with local chefs and businesses, providing accessibility of local nutritious food to disadvantaged people through donations, improving community with shared knowledge to help empower others to live a life of meaning and purpose, how to use excess harvested produce, creating a safe environment for families to play, grow and learn together with like-minded people in the area, improving social acceptance and providing a space for belonging primarily through creating opportunities and purpose.
