On Thursday 6 April 2017 we had a visit to the Canberra City Farm from Minister Gai Brodtmann to test out our tractor. BIG thanks to Gai for her support in us getting the grant for the tractor.
Lots of fun was had on 14 March 14 2017 at the hot compost workshop. BIG thanks to Jenni for who ran the workshop! o
The Canberra City Farm Propagation Group now has a range of seedlings for sale. The seedlings are in three groups: Advanced seedlings: These are ready for planting now, particularly now the temperature has dropped. These are selling for $4.00 per pot or 4 for $13.00. The Thai Basil is one plant per pot and the…
Claire Lewis made this wonderful cake using Canberra City Farm edible flowers from Linda Ayliffe.
Canberra City Farm have surveyed our members and those in the community about what workshops people are interested in. The survey results to October 2016 are as follows: 47 respondents completed the survey between February 2015 and October 2016 from all over Canberra including Queanbeyan, Bungendore and Yass. 10 people said they could either help…
From October 2013 to September 2014, Sustain (formerly the Food Alliance) worked with many local councils, universities, community groups, not-for-profit organisations, social enterprises, health professionals, planners, researchers, small business-owners and others in the participatory development of an Urban and Regional Food Declaration. The development of this Declaration was informed and guided by the Circles of Social Life methodology and…
On Sunday 1 February 2015, a soils workshop was held at the Turner Garden to establish the soil type of the garden. Fun and lots of learning was had by all.
On Wednesday 12 November the City Farm was launched with a ceremonial lettuce planting by Minister Rattenbury with the help of Ricky.
The Floriade display for 2014 is well underway. Many of the elements have now been constructed off-site, propagation is well underway with lots of healthy looking plants (minus those eaten by the possums) and marketing has started. There is however much more to do. If you would like to help out with the Urban Agriculture Australia display at…
September 2014 Urban Agriculture Australia have created a great series of seminars examining the opportunities for urban agriculture in Canberra. There are four seminars in this series that cover agriculture in the city, high efficiency production, residential and small scale approaches and food for a city – commercial viability. See here for more details about this…