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We love Wicking Beds!
Wicking beds are like ‘self-watering’ pots and are great for growing vegetables during hot, dry summers.
Spring planting
Spring plantings are underway, including tomatoes and a pollinator garden.
2024 National Kitchen Garden Awards
Canberra Environment Centre recently attended the 2024 National Kitchen Garden Awards at Parliament House!
Gungaderra Community Garden
We love welcoming new and familiar faces, and you’re invited to help create our new community garden here at Gungaderra Homestead in Harrison. No experience necessary! Thursdays, 9.30-11am.
Community Garden - Working Bees!
Come and join us at our weekly working bees to create a Community Garden at Gungaderra Homestead in Harrison.
The Sustainable Guide to Gift-Giving in Canberra
Rather than buying into consumerism, find a local or online event, or take someone out for a nice meal or drinks.
Magnolia Flowers
The magnolia trees in Canberra are blossoming with a showy display of sturdy looking flowers.
The Sun and Your Food Garden
There are so many intricate and overlapping factors when it comes to growing food at home.
Bulk Food Shopping in Canberra
Bulk food shopping can become an enjoyable outing, much like a trip to the farmers' market.
Planning a Spring Veggie Patch
Direct your springtime gardening inspiration towards these four jobs to get ready for spring.
How to make Pickled Zucchini
Pickles are a great way to preserve garden produce so that it lasts through the winter months.
Three veggies to plant in your garden this week
There are plenty of edible plants you can grow in your garden right now in mid autumn.
How to dry herbs at home
Right now is a great time to dry herbs! You can use herbs from your garden or from the shops.
How to grow baby salad greens
We’ve been growing salad greens in containers at our glasshouse in Canberra!
What to do with green tomatoes
Ripen or recipe? Some of our favourite things to do with green tomatoes.
It's stone fruit season!
It’s well and truly stone fruit season in Canberra, with apricots and plums overwhelming us with their bounty.
Eat that weed
While they can be difficult or annoying to deal with at times, some weeds are edible, delicious or useful in other ways.