Homegrown
Learn about producing food at home or within your neighbourhood.
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Learn about producing food at home
| Attend an educational event at Canberra City Farm | Browse events about a range of topics from Vegie Garden Planning to Food Preserving. |
| Attend a workshop at Canberra Environment Centre | Learn about ways you can eat sustainably by producing food at home. |
| Seasonal Planting Calendar Autumn Planting Guide Winter Planting Guide Spring Planting Guide Summer Planting Guide | Use these guides from Canberra Organic Growers Society to plan your garden. |
Meet and collaborate with other home growers
| Join a group of passionate home growers at The Urban Homesteading Club (Canberra & Surrounds) | Join this Facebook group for people who are interested in backyard/urban farming and making self-sustainable choices. |
| Swap your homegrown produce through Crop Swap Canberra | Join this Facebook group that provides an online space for people to come together, reduce food waste and help each other eat better, at a lesser cost. In the group, you can swap excess produce and fairly barter with like-minded home growers. |
| Join a Canberra Organic Growers Society Garden | COGS community gardens provide a great way to learn about organic gardening, grow fruit and vegetables for you and your family and connect with fellow gardeners. |
| Join Canberra City Farm | Canberra City Farm runs lots of great activities for members and non-members. |
Source bits and pieces for your home garden
| Visit Herb Station Amaroo | Visit this community garden where you can donate/pick up/swap garden pots (don’t forget to sample some of the herbs growing there too!) |
| Find, gift and trade garden items at Buy Nothing Garden ACT | Join this Facebook group for finding, gifting and trading plants, seeds, garden equipment and gardening advice within the ACT. |
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