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Welcome to this new feature of our website where you can read about garden developments, what’s growing and what’s not, interesting plants, useful insects, events, recipes and more.


COMPOSTING – HOW WE DO IT AND WHY
COMPOSTING – HOW WE DO IT AND WHY

You’re can deposit your food scraps In the public bins near the gate to the centre section of the garden. We then chop and process them to make lovely compost. Find out how we do it.

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Cathy Gray19 September 2025
CLOSE-UP – INTRODUCING YACON
CLOSE-UP – INTRODUCING YACON

Yacon, or ‘Peruvian ground apple’, is related to Jerusalem artichoke. A sweet, crisp and juicy tuber, it tastes a bit like a nashi pear,

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Plants, Kitchen garden, Recipes, Close-upCathy Gray22 August 2025
WHAT TO DO WITH OUR 'SHADY CORNER'?
WHAT TO DO WITH OUR 'SHADY CORNER'?

The committee is working on ideas to make better use of the corner of the garden beside the shed. We need your input!

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Garden-design, ProjectsCathy Gray22 August 2025
CELEBRATING THE DELIGHTS OF THE GARDEN
CELEBRATING THE DELIGHTS OF THE GARDEN

On a warm Sunday afternoon in March, members gathered in the shade of the native mulberry to enjoy each other’s company and celebrate the abundant delights the garden had given us over the summer months.

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Food, EventsCathy Gray24 March 2025
CLOSE-UP – INTRODUCING SHISO
CLOSE-UP – INTRODUCING SHISO

The low-down on an interesting Japanese herb called shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa), related to Korean perilla, with a complex, unique flavour.

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Plants, Recipes, Close-upCathy Gray23 July 2024
CLOSE-UP – LOVELY LADYBIRDS
CLOSE-UP – LOVELY LADYBIRDS

We’re always overjoyed when ladybirds (aka ladybugs or ladybeetles) make a plant in the garden their home.

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Insects, Close-upCathy Gray17 February 2024

Kings Cross Community Garden acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Gurrajin, Yarrandabby, Jerrowon areas of the Eora nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which the garden is located. We pay our respects to the Elders, past and present.

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