Interested in growing food in Melbourne? The FareShare garden manual could be just the tool you need.
FareShare’s kitchen garden program has shared its experiences of urban food production at its three Melbourne garden locations – Abbotsford, Moorabbin Airport and Clayton South.
The 74-page manual covers everything from crops grown and yield, to soil, composting, integrated pest management, crop rotation and companion planting.
FareShare Melbourne: cooking more meals, Meals for the Mob continues, Dingley farm gathers pace Cooking more meals for people who need them most Our Abbotsford chefs and volunteers are well and truly back into the Read more…
On any given day, the staff and volunteers at the Abbotsford garden get asked about the history of the site, what it’s currently being used for, and how it came to be a kitchen garden Read more…
Back in 1999 Les Baguley was working a 100-hour week for Australia’s biggest flower growers in Melbourne’s Southeast. Born into a business started by his parents, horticultural legends Frank and Isabel, Les could scarcely have Read more…