What are Community Gardens and Community Gardening?
The City of Charles values the significant contribution our Community Gardeners make toward the social fabric and amenity across the city and recognises the significance of these gardens in the creation of an ongoing sense of place and connectedness for our community.
Community gardening provides opportunity for people to come together to grow food and other plants, learn new skills and meet people, along with contributing to a sense of community and connection to the environment.
The unprecedented demand for opportunities to take part in Community Gardens and Community Gardening groups and patches continues to increase. There are an increasing number of very active and committed groups across the City who are creating a deep sense of community, important social connections and generally improving their local environment through a range of greening and gardening activities and the general desire for a sense of belonging and connection with community continues to grow.
Increasing medium and high-density housing, the associated increase in population density within the City and a growing desire to feel connected and part of a community, is contributing to an increasing demand for the provision of social infrastructure such as community gardens and local community gardening groups, sustaining the social, physical and mental health and wellbeing of our community through a continued connection to community, nature and place in an urban environment.
Where people are living in apartments or their homes have been constructed on small parcels of land, community gardening can often be the only opportunity to produce food and for our culturally diverse community, can often be the only opportunity to grow traditional produce which also provides opportunity for cultural exchange between garden members.
Getting involved in Charles Sturt’s community gardens
There are many community community gardens and gardening groups in the Charles Sturt area who always welcome new members.
For a directory of community gardens across South Australia, please refer to the Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network’s Directory of Australian Community Gardens.
Formal Community Gardens
Need more information? Get in touch with us.
Janet Willoughby
Open Space Community Planner
E: jwilloughby@charlessturt.sa.gov.au
Formal Community Gardens
Community gardens are community-run, not-for-profit, may be membership-based, and are located on council land. They are a valuable recreational, social and educational resource for the community of the City of Charles Sturt and contribute to the ecological sustainability and food security of their neighbourhood. They offer a space for fellow gardeners to get together and share the joy and skill of gardening with the community.
There are 9 existing formal Community Gardens in Charles Sturt:
Athol Park Community Garden
Fawk Reserve – Alma Street
Athol Park
Contact: Marilyn 0423 923 803 – Leave a message if no answer
Brompton Community Garden
17 Green Street, Brompton - Next to 19 on Green - Brompton Community Centre
Facebook
Frederick Miller Community Garden
3 Fourth Avenue Semaphore Park
frederickmillercommunitygarden@outlook.com
Contact: Jeff 0439 675 835 - Leave a message if no answer
Facebook
Grange Community Garden
Military Road Grange - Next to the Grange Railway Station
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923 or Susan 0416 201 450 - Leave a message if no answer
Facebook
Henley Community Garden
Henley Grange Memorial Oval, NW corner where White St meets Raymond St, alternatively you can get to it at the end of Chambers St, Henley Beach
Website
henleycommunitygarden@gmail.com
Facebook
Park Terrace Community Garden (In the Adelaide Parklands – adjacent Bowden)
Off Park Terrace in Adelaide Parklands, between Bowden and North Adelaide
commgarden27b@gmail.com
Facebook
Website
Royal Park Community Garden
17a Cooke Crescent
Royal Park
royalparkgarden@gmail.com
Contact: Sue 0412 715 941 - Leave a message if no answer
Facebook
Semaphore Park Community Garden
Trust Reserve
Eagle Court, Semaphore Park
Facebook
St Clair Community Garden
End of Actil Avenue, St Clair next to the Bike/Walking path and Railway Line
Contact: Fiona 0467 790 273
Facebook
Woodville West Community Garden
22A Lawton Crescent
Woodville West
Contact: Nasreen 0407 729 304
woodvillewestcommunitygarden@gmail.com
Facebook
Informal Community Gardens and Gardening Groups
Veronica Community Garden
Veronica Court, Kidman Park
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Facebook
Flinders Park Community Garden
Tedder Reserve, Belgrave Avenue, Flinders Park
Contact: Robyn 0409 579 293
Facebook
Plant About Garden (Flinders Park)
Corner of Frobisher and Collingwood Avenue, Flinders Park
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
The Dogs Garden (Hindmarsh)
End of West Street Hindmarsh next to the Railway Line
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Instagram
Ozone Avenue Community Garden (Planter Boxes in the street)
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Prior Avenue Community Garden
Wilford Reserve, Prior Ave, Seaton
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Facebook
Unity Garden (Planter Boxes Allenby Gardens)
Leane Ave Allenby Gardens
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Rosetta Street Greening
West Croydon
Contact: Mark 0418 266 922
Facebook
Kilkenny Gorilla Art
Woodville Greening
Woodville Park
Contact: Kerry 0434 290 253
Facebook
Ovingham Greening
Ovingham
Contact: Bazz 0407 454 343
Facebook
Croydon Railway Station Greening Group
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Kilkenny Railway Station Group
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
West Lakes Greening
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Grant Reserve Group
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Tewkesbury Street Group
Cheltenham
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Friends of Albert Turnbull Reserve
Ovingham
Contact: Bazz 0407 454 343
Porter Crescent Garden
Fulham Gardens
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Arlington Street Garden
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Ellen/Bedford Garden
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Railway Terrace Group
Cheltenham
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Beach Street Biodiversity Garden
Grange
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Cudmore Terrace Biodiversity Garden
Henley Beach South
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Day Terrace Group
Croydon
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Wadham Place Garden
Brompton
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Alton Reserve Butterfly Garden
Kilkenny
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Woodville High School
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Market Corner Garden
Fulham Gardens
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
George Street
Beverley
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Friends of Mudge Way
Bowden
Contact: Brooklyn 0415 317 934
Facebook
Cheltenham Bee and Butterfly Garden
Cheltenham Community Centre
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Cooke Street Green
Cooke Street Findon
Contact: Loretta 0417 880 090
Facebook
Friends of Colin Sellars Reserve
Wright Street, Henley Beach
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923
Friends of Kirkcaldy Reserve
Grange
Contact: Janet 0417 971 923