Community Garden Grants

In Round 10, twelve projects received a total of $99,830.77:

• Canberra Environment Centre received $7,835.76 to purchase materials for wicking beds and a new propagation system, as well as a secure tool shed, new seating and an electric whipper-snipper.
• Canberra Organic Growers Society Inc received $2,000 to purchase electric gardening tools including a lawn mower, whipper snipper, leaf blower and a multi-tool with pruning saw attachment.
• Holy Spirit Parish, Gungahlin received $2,641.79 to buy materials for a new garden bed, rodent prevention measures, mulch and to pay for a plumber to connect the garden to mains water.
• The Food Cooperative Shop received $2,872.72 to install infrastructure for vertical growing and deliver composting workshops.
• Red Hill Primary School P&C received $4,068.65 to buy edible native plants, educational signage and improvements to their closed-loop food system.
• Church of Christ Ainslie ACT Inc received $3,922.60 to buy materials for a seed-raising area, trellises, nine raised garden beds and a frog bog.
• Canberra Student Housing Co-operative received $2,239 for materials and soil improvements for new garden beds and a composting system.
• Miles Franklin Primary School P&C received $8,000 to buy materials for five new garden beds with embedded composting and watering systems, as well as fruit trees and edible native plants.
• Scullin Community Group Inc received $2,832.84 to install an edible sensory hedge at the Scullin Shops Food Forest Garden.
• Old Narrabundah Community Council received $18,947 to install a secure fence around the perimeter of the Narrabundah Community Garden.
• Canberra Muslim Community Inc received $22,000 to establish a new, fenced multicultural community garden next to the Gungahlin Mosque.
• SEE Change Belconnen received $22,470.41 to establish five food gardens on local nature strips in Belconnen and to develop content for their website about verge gardening.

Eighteen successful projects in Round 9 received a total of $106,747.57.

• Canberra Environment Centre received $9,919.71 to establish a garden for local residents to connect and learn about all aspects of sustainable gardening. Including food production, composting, worm farming and effective water use.
• Church of the Good Shepherd received $3,265.73 to further develop their existing community garden with additional garden beds and replacement of their garden shed.
• Council on the Ageing ACT received $3,993 to increase productivity, efficiency and community engagement of their existing garden, by adding higher raised garden beds, seating and a herb garden.
• Canberra City Care received $7,500 to restore their raised garden beds to increase productivity and provide a safer and user-friendly experience for volunteers. The project includes garden beds, drip irrigation and shade cloth.
• Capital Region Community Services – Canberra Food Forestry received $2,192.52 to purchase new plants to infill and increase the planting density of the food forest, improving the forest’s resilience and its carbon capture potential.
• Old Narrabundah Community Council received $8,291.19 to repair the roof of the secure tool shed, install a rainwater tank and increase the number of garden plots.
• Canberra Montessori School received $6,123.40 to establish an eco-corridor in their existing Reconciliation Garden, develop a composting system for the community vegetable gardens and install a sustainable watering system.
• Neville Bonner Primary Schools Parents and Citizens Association received $5,435.82 to revitalise their existing kitchen garden for use in classroom lessons, and their lunchtime environmental and gardening clubs.
• Campbell Community Association Inc, Campbell Park Care received $4,936.80 to expand their existing community garden with the addition of wicking beds planted with seasonal produce.
• Communities at Work received $3,835 to create four separate garden areas, where children will plant a range of bush tucker foods, fruits and vegetables for use in their services meals.
• The Owners – Units Plan No 939 received $2,000 to complement their flower and fruit tree garden with the addition of raised garden beds planted with herbs and vegetables.
• Franklin School Parents and Citizens received $13,922 to create a large-scale, sustainable and accessible wicking garden bed system to enhance student knowledge of best practice organically grown fresh food for a healthy lifestyle.
• Scullin Community Group Incorporated received $9,773.01 to create a series of garden installations, providing visual and social appeal to the area while producing food, helping to reduce food waste, and creating habitat to increase biodiversity.
• St. Anthony’s Parish Primary School received $8,620 to develop a living infrastructure garden space to learn about sustainable principles and practices for health and wellbeing through participation in food production.
• Tuggeranong Link Community Houses and Centre’s Inc received $8,882.71 to provide a safe and welcoming space for local families and residents to meet and engage with a peaceful and sustainable sensory garden including raised garden beds.
• UCA - Tuggeranong Uniting Church received $2,500 to make improvements to the paths around the neighbourhood garden and create a seating area for the family day care program children to utilise.
• Unit Plan 269 – Taylor View received $2,003.96 to establish a garden allowing residents to grow their own food in a small space, while encouraging healthy and sustainable practices.
• Winyu ECS YWCA Canberra received $3,552.72 to establish vegetable and herb garden beds  with composting stations to empower children and their families to grow their own food.

Nine successful projects in Round 8 received a total of $41,145.61.

• Council on the Ageing ACT received $7,742 to establish the Hughes Community Garden.
• St Vincent de Paul Society Canberra Goulburn Ltd received $7,140 to establish, in conjunction with Dirty Janes and Argyle Housing, the Good Works Garden in the Dirty Jane’s precinct in Fyshwick.
• Yeddung Mura (Goodpathways) Aboriginal Corporation received $7,100 to establish the Yeddung Mura Community Reflective Vegetable Garden.
• Margaret Hendry Parents and Citizens Committee Incorporated received $6,398.20 to establish the Margaret Hendry School Community Garden on its grounds, accessible for public use.
• Hawker Community Landcare received $4,308 to enhance and expand the existing Hawker Community Garden.
• Downer Preschool Parent Association received $2,255.50 to enhance the existing Downer Preschool Community Garden.
• YWCA Canberra received $2,228 to establish the Spence Community Garden.
• Holy Spirit Parish, Gungahlin received $2,079.71 to establish the Holy Spirit Community Garden, accessible to the parish, school, and wider community.
• Canberra Organic Growers Society Inc. received $1894.20 to install raised garden beds in the existing Charnwood Community Garden.

Ten successful projects in Round 7 received a total of $40,959.85.

• Corey Le Mesurier and Arthur Lau received $7,744 to add a food forest garden to the Holt Community Micro-Forest.
• Northside Community Services received $3,600 to develop a Treehouse Community Garden in the Park Early Childhood Centre.
• Hawker Community Landcare received $2,462 to establish the Hawker Shops Community Garden.
• Canberra Organic Growers Society Inc. received $999.60 to upgrade the irrigation system.
• Friends of Blaxland Park received $2,421.10 establish native garden beds in Blaxland Park.
• The Owners - Units Plan No 264 received $9,964 to establish the Cavill Court Community Gardens Project.
• Weston Creek Men's Shed Inc. received $415.45 to expand the vegetable garden.
• Campbell Park Care received $3,500 to establish wicking beds for an organic and edible community garden.
• Canberra Montessori School received $5,217 to establish a European vegetable garden and an indigenous style food garden.
• YWCA Canberra received $4,816.80 for The Gathering Garden, which provides fresh produce to the on-site food hub.

Ten successful projects in Round 6 received a total of $39,388. The successful projects were announced on  28 August 2020.

• Community Services 1 received $6,317 for a kitchen garden at its Narrabundah Wellbeing Hub.
• Self Help Organisations United Together Inc received $6,207 for the Pearce Inclusive Community Garden.
• Acacia Gardens Owners Corporation received $3,736.10 to enhance its residents' community garden in Lyneham.
• Weston Creek Men's Shed Inc received $612.73 to build two garden beds in Rivett.
• Canberra Organic Growers Society Inc received $4,558 to build a shelter in its Charnwood community garden.
• Lyons Early Childhood School Parents & Citizen Association received $3,959 for the Lyons Community Bush Tucker Garden.
• The Owners Unit Plan 013 received $2,341 for community garden beds and composting hub for residents of Goliath Court in O'Connor.
• Possums Playschool Inc received $2,966 to establish a playful sensory garden at its playschool in Spence.
• Capital Region Community Service received $8,055 for a community garden in the playground of the Bruce Ridge Early Childhood Centre.
• Canberra Organic Growers Society Inc received $636.40 to upgrade the Cook community garden irrigation system to reduce water consumption and save on energy bills.

Eleven successful projects in Round 5 received a total of $50,230.94. The successful projects were announced on 27 September 2019.

• Church of the Good Shepherd received $5,403 to create a community food garden to provide fresh produce for members and others in the Chisholm community.
• Units Plan 4391 Laurana Terraces received $5,656 to create a food garden in Coombs.
• Canberra Seed Savers Cooperative Ltd received $4,688 for Mobile Seed Libraries for Canberra community gardens.
• Giralang Primary School Parents and Citizens received $4,705 to create a community garden in the school grounds.
• University of Canberra Union received $2,100 to enhance the volunteer-run community garden at its Bruce campus.
• Baringa Child Care Centre Association received $3,179 to create the Baringa Community Bush Tucker Garden in Spence.
• Canberra City Farm Incorporated received $4,000 to buy propagation, crop protection and new equipment for its site in Fyshwick.
• Self Help Organisations United Together Inc received $9,761 to create the Pearce Inclusive Community Garden.
• Acacia Gardens Owners Corporation received $1,795 to establish a residential community garden in Lyneham.
• Belconnen Community Service Inc received $7,830 for the Ngulli to Dyandai ('food to cook') community garden in Kippax.
• Canberra Organic Growers Society, Inc received $1,114 to enhance its community garden and run workshops to improve gardening capability.

Nine successful projects in Round 4 received a total of $40,000.

• Wybelena Grove Owners Corporation received $5,419 to establish a new community garden within the townhouse complex.
• Canberra Organic Growers Society Inc. (Betty Cornhill Garden) received $5,000 to extend the water reticulation system.
• Hudson Square Owners Corporation received $2,491 to establish a new community garden within the apartment complex.
• Canberra Organic Growers Society Inc. (Mitchell Community Garden) received $8,300 to replace the fencing and gate within the existing community garden.
• Lyneham Commons (Northside Community Service) received $2,800 to enhance the soil supporting the development of the Lyneham Commons Food Forest.
• Canberra City Farm received $9,314 to expand the community garden and irrigation.
• Evoque Residents Owners Corporation received $2,250 to establish a new community garden within the Apartment complex.
• Nutrition Australia ACT Incorporated received $3,500 to renovate a kitchen garden to support a healthy cooking program.
• ELAN Apartments Owners Corporation received $1,000 to establish a community garden in a unit complex.

Eight successful projects in Round 3 received a total of $26,037.20.

• Canberra Environment Centre received $2933.40 to buy a storage shed, upgrade tools and renew the ANU organic garden in Acton.
• Hamilton Park Body Corporate received $2,325.80 to install a water tank and for new plants in their community garden in Lyneham.
• Canberra Organic Growers' Society received $3,200 to expand water availability from the source so they can use more plots in the Mitchell Garden.
• Northside Community Services Ltd received $4,304 to establish a community garden in Dickson to provide produce for The Pantry, which offers low-cost groceries to disadvantaged families.
• Manning Clark House received $3,925 to develop an organic and sustainable garden space at Forrest to teach organic gardening techniques, waste stream management, composting and worm farming.
• Kingston Organic Community Garden received $2,064 to replace old gardening equipment and tools.
• O’Connor Community Incorporated received $2,500 to expand and enhance the existing O’Connor Tocumwal Housing Precinct Community Orchard.
• Sentinel Residents' Community Garden Belconnen received $4,785 to establish garden beds for fresh produce so residents have vegetables and herbs for cooking.

Four successful projects in Round 2 received a total of $8,307.

• Canberra Organic Growers Society received $1,550 to buy a storage shed for the Kambah Community Garden.
• Communities@Work received $5,000 for the Galilee School Community Garden in Kambah.
• Canberra Organic Growers Society received $1,118 to buy a storage shed for the Cook Community Garden.
• Canberra Organic Growers Society received $639 to buy a lawn mower for the Charnwood Community Garden.

Eight successful projects in Round 1 received a total of $24,998.87.

• Kingston Organic Community Garden (Canberra Baptist Church) received $4,515 for rainwater transfer remediation.
• Canberra Organic Growers Society received $2,354 to buy a shed for the Cotter Garden in Curtin.
• Salvation Army Community Housing received $3,167 for the Salvos Housing Community Garden in Narrabundah.
• Canberra City Care received $3,572 for creating a garden in Charnwood.
• Youth With A Mission received $4,304 to establish a community garden in Watson.
• Richmond Fellowship ACT received $2,436.99 for the Fresh Mess Community Garden in Campbell.
• Communities@Work received $4,110 for the Gungahlin Community Garden.
• Canberra Organic Growers Society received $539.88 for a water pump at Dickson College.