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Garden Tour: Ainslie Urban Farm

  • Ainslie Urban Farm Ainslie, ACT (map)

Take a tour of this productive and sustainable garden to learn more about growing urban food.

Fiona Buining and Michael Wilson from Ainslie Urban Farm have been growing an astounding amount of food on their suburban block for many years. Within this small area, they grow vegetables, fruit and berries, as well as keeping chickens, bees and rabbits. This tour is a chance to see the techniques and systems that they use to produce fruit and vegetables in Canberra’s soil and climate. Some of the methods you’ll observe in action include garden planning, soil improvement, bed preparation and composting.

Bookings are essential for this tour, and numbers are strictly limited. The address will be sent out to ticketholders prior to the tour. Please note that dogs are not permitted on the property, and we ask that all pets are left at home.

There will be two tours held on the 19th of March. The first from 9.30-11am and the second from 11.30am-1pm. Please ensure you book into the time that suits you.

Tickets are $35 + booking fee.

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Please kindly note that tickets cannot be refunded or transferred to other workshops. You are welcome to pass your ticket on to another person. For further information about our refund and cancellation policy for workshops, please visit our website.

Accessibility:

The Canberra Environment Centre has an accessibility ramp and spacious indoor area. The CEC has two regular sized toilet cubicles. For all accessibility enquiries, please contact us on 6248 0885 or via email at garden@canberraenvironment.org

COVID-19 Safety Guidelines:

Check in CBR: On arrival, everyone must check in using the Check in CBR app, or with the help of staff if they cannot check in on their own.

Exposure locations: Please observe good hygiene and social distancing during this workshop, and do not attend if you have been feeling unwell or have been to a known exposure location. If you are unwell or have been at a known exposure location and need to cancel, please contact us for a refund.

Please note that in the event of community transmission of COVID-19 in the ACT region, the Canberra Environment Centre reserves the right to either adapt or cancel the event and refund all ticket-holders at our discretion.

Canberra Environment Centre Members:

Members are eligible for a 10% discount on the workshop price. To sign up as a member, please visit our membership portal.

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