IN THE GARDEN
Kings Cross Community Garden is divided into three main areas, each with a particular focus and tended by its own team. When you join the garden, you can become part of one or all of these teams, depending on your interests and availability. The teams grew out of special interest groups identified by a member survey in 2021, after the garden was expanded.
Read more about each area:
bush food garden: working bees as needed, usually Sunday afternoons
kitchen garden: working bees Sunday afternoons 4-6pm in summer, or 3-5pm in winter
rambling potager garden, including the trees in concrete pipe planters: working bees Wednesday and Saturday mornings, 8-10am
Bush food garden
The far end of the community garden is dedicated to growing native edible plants.
The bush food team works together as needed, generally on Sunday afternoons.
Bush food garden late 2021
Bush food garden December 2023
Planting seedlings April 2022
Lots of growth December 2023
Kitchen garden
The kitchen garden in the centre section grows seasonal vegetables and herbs, as well as companion and beneficial insect-attracting plants, from diverse culinary traditions including Mediterranean, European and Asian.
The team works together on Sunday afternoons – in summer 4–6pm, and in winter 3–5pm.
Rambling potager garden
The front section is a garden in the french potager style with edible, ornamental, sensory plants and flowers. The potager team also tends the trees in large concrete planters in the front section of the garden as well as four young fruit trees at the rear of the park.
The rambling potager team works together on Wednesdays and Saturdays 8–10am.
News from around the garden
More than 150 bananas and starting early with brassicas.