Existing community gardens
Ashfield
Ashfield Park Community Garden 
The Ashfield Park Community Garden started in March 2015. The garden
is located on the north-western end of the park, behind Ashfield Bowling
Club. The garden consists of a raised u-shaped garden bed, four
surrounding garden beds and two large round garden beds. These garden
beds are communal spaces, with a rotation of seasonal crops.
The garden is accessible to the public during the day.
Taringa Street Community Garden 
The Taringa Street Community Garden started in June 2016. The garden
is located in the small reserve at the Eastern end of Taringa Street,
just off Alt Street. The garden consists of three raised garden beds
which are communal spaces members utilise to grow seasonal crops and
herbs. The garden is accessible to the public during the day.
Balmain
Punch Park Community Garden 
The garden is accessible to the public during the day.
Birchgrove
Mort Bay Community Garden 
Dulwich Hill
Denison Road Playground Community Garden 
The Denison Road Community Garden in Dulwich Hill is Marrickville’s
newest Community Garden, officially opening in August 2013. Council
worked closely with the local community to develop a design and
management plan for the garden. The community garden members were
successful applicants for a Sustainability Small grant in 2013 which
helped pay for material to build the garden beds.
The garden has built a strong membership and is establishing a
thriving garden along with healthy compost systems, with the help of
coffee husks sourced from a local coffee roaster. There are public
foraging beds with vegetables, herbs and fruit trees at the front of the
garden – which was paved using bricks salvaged from the Annette
Kellerman Aquatic Centre refurbishment – and there are 12 communal
garden beds for members. The garden is looking for new members so please
contact them to get involved.
The garden is accessible to the public during the day.
Enmore
Francis Street Community Garden 
The Francis Street Community Garden is a pocket park conversion,
taking up the back half of the park. The garden is unfenced and organic.
The garden features shared common plots, a water tank, Gaudi-esque
mosaic pathway, exotic fruit trees, olive trees, an abundance of herbs
and a birdbath for the local Blue Wrens. The garden features artwork
painted by the local children and a grassy knoll.
An oasis close to the busy intersection of Enmore and Edgeware Roads,
this garden is a living example of community concern for engagement,
the environment and urban food growing.
The garden is accessible to the public during the day.
Lilyfield
Glover's Garden
- Location: Glover Street, Lilyfield
- Contact: Helen Reynolds, President and Garden Coordinator – 0409 819 086 or email gloversgarden@gmail.com
Whites Creek Community Garden
Whites Creek Valley Park Food Forest
Marrickville
Addison Road Community Garden
The Addison Road Community Garden is an unfenced, organic garden. As
well as all the vegetables growing in the garden, there are also exotic
fruit trees and native frog ponds with edible water plants. There is a
pergola where the gardeners gather. The garden will soon be watered
using a rain-fed irrigation system funded through Marrickville Council’s
sustainability small grants program. The garden is a fine example of
cooperative urban food growing incorporating community inclusion,
education, waste management, biodiversity and permaculture. The garden
has individual plots, community team shared plots, and community plots.
The garden currently has individual plots available.
Marrickville West Community Garden
- Location: Henson Street, Marrickville (next to Marrickville West Public School)
- Contact: Chris on 0424 591 387, or email marrickvillewestgarden@gmail.com
- Working bees: Last Sunday of the month from 3pm to 5pm (2 to 4pm in winter)
Marrickville West Community Garden is a mixture of communal rotating
beds, personal plots, a citrus orchard, an Australian native garden and a
lawn surrounded by flower and fragrance gardens that encourage bees and
butterflies to visit the garden. There’s also a wild corner where you
can lie on the grass under the shade of a giant Port Jackson Fig and
Camphor Laurel tree. There are worm farms, a native bee hive, compost
bays, and a tool shed. There’s an information board on site and a Yahoo
group to keep you posted on the garden’s happenings.
There's a waiting list for the personal plots, but everyone is
welcome to join as part of the garden group where you can learn about
gardening and sustainable practices while waiting for a personal plot,
if you would like one.
Wilkins Green 
Wilkins Green was established to protect and develop the existing
green space and habitat located on the western boundary of Wilkins
Public School grounds.
Wilkins Green has become an important sustainable learning site
featuring a school community food garden, chicken run, bush regeneration
ridge and Aboriginal planting track. Many local schools and educational
groups use the site. New members are welcome to participate in Open
Gardens Days with access to communal garden beds.
Newtown
Camdenville Paddock Community Garden 
The Camdenville Paddock Community Garden occupies a generous, almost
half-acre parcel of north-facing land surrounded by beautiful trees. The
site is part of Camdenville Public School and through a land-use
agreement, local residents and the school community manage the site.
Producing fresh, locally grown food, The Camdenville Paddock creates
healthy recreational opportunities for residents of all ages to meet and
work, to till the soil together and enjoy the harvest, to share
information and experiences, and to build strong community
relationships.
We are an allotment style garden with approximately 35 plots, a
chicken coop, composting facilities, rainwater harvesting tanks and an
outdoor learning area. There is currently a waiting list for plots, but
we have communal areas open to all members. The garden is looking for
new members so please contact them to get involved.
Cottage in the Graveyard 
- Location: Backyard of caretaker’s cottage in Camperdown Cemetery, Church Street, Newtown
- Contact: Liz Ho, 0412 252 262
- Working bees: Every Saturday from 10am to 1pm
Cottage in the Graveyard Community Garden is a joint project between
Newtown local residents and St Stephens Anglican Church. The community
garden aims to provide a welcoming space where residents of all ages and
backgrounds can meet their neighbours, form friendships, grow
vegetables, fruit and flowers, care for chooks and bees and harvest
local honey. There is the opportunity over a cup of tea to learn and
share knowledge of organic gardening and sustainable garden practices.
All plots are communal and produce is equitably distributed. New members
and visitors are very welcome so please drop in if you are interested.
Turtle Lane Community Garden 
- Location: 38 Oxford Street, Newtown (on the grounds of St Josephs Catholic Parish)
- Contact: Kathy McDermott, kathmcd123@gmail.com
Turtle Lane has around 25 flourishing plots, and a positive and
collaborative atmosphere among its gardeners. Gardening is undertaken
using organic principles. There is an annual schedule of working bees
and monthly meetings, culminating in an end of year Christmas party. The
gardeners determine the ongoing and future projects to discuss
developments and issues relating to the garden at the monthly meetings.
The garden promotes a sense of community where trust, effort,
knowledge, skills and responsibility are shared and where creativity,
quality and the environment are nurtured.
Produce and expertise is actively shared amongst the gardeners. There
is currently a waiting list for plots. Please contact us to get
involved.
Petersham
All Saints Community Garden (Pete's Patch)
- Location: All Saints Church, 325 Stanmore Road, Petersham (access from Frederick Street)
- Contact: Kerrie Pierce 0418 233 099 or Anthony Barraclough (Minister) 9569 4735. Email office@allsaintspetersham.org
- Working bees: Every Thursday from 1pm – join us for a free lunch and gardening in the afternoon.
Pete’s Patch is a space for all and was established to help the
community meet, and friendships develop while helping tend the small,
but thriving, garden. At the weekly lunch and working bees, community
members can learn about sustainable veggie growing, composting, worm
farming and healthy eating. All the plots are communal, shared plots.
The garden is accessible to the public during the day.
Summer Hill
Summer Hill Community Garden 
The Summer Hill Community Garden is located adjacent to the SHARE
Before and After School and Vacation Care centre. The garden was opened
in 2006 and has been looked after by a local resident group since
January 2010. The garden uses chemical-free gardening methods to grow
herbs and vegetables as well as edible and pest repellent flowers. The
garden contains a number of communal rotating crop beds, and is supplied
with a rain water tank, storage shed and community composting
facilities.
The garden is accessible to the public during the day.