Rushall Community Garden

Name: Rushall Community Garden
Price range: $$

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Category:

Community Garden

Township/suburb:

Fitzroy North

Municipality:

City of Yarra

Contact name:

Michelle

Email:

nfcommunitygarden@gmail.com

Website:

www.rushallgarden.wordpress.com

Facebook:

www.facebook.com/groups/rushallcommunitygarden

Address:

Thomas Kidney Reserve, Rushall Crescent, Fitzroy North, 3068 (behind the grassy knoll opposite the end of Kneen Street).

Notes (in their own words):

This garden is allotment-based, with some communal areas.

The garden comprises around 50 allotments plus some communal areas and composting facilities. You can become a member for an annual fee of $10, which then entitles you to participate in their regular working bees, work in the communal areas and share produce, as well as to join the waiting list for a plot. Note, however, that there is currently a long waiting list for plots (around 6 years).

The garden was established around 2004. It is part of the North Fitzroy Community Gardens Group (NFCGG) who aim to enhance the sustainability of the Fitzroy North community by:

Respecting prior ownership of the land by Indigenous Australians.
Maintaining an attractive urban space where people can grow plants predominantly for food and which is accessible to the local community to enjoy.
Promoting sustainable organic gardening techniques.
Fostering the sharing and development of a diversity of gardening skills.
Managing the garden by consensus in an open, participatory and non-discriminatory manner.

In October 2023, Ann Stanley visited the garden. Read her writeup of the visit.