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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.


RAMBLING POTAGER GARDEN – SEASONAL UPDATE – AUTUMN 2026
RAMBLING POTAGER GARDEN – SEASONAL UPDATE – AUTUMN 2026

More than 150 bananas and starting early with brassicas.

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Seasonal-update, Potager gardenCathy Gray23 May 2026Comment
KITCHEN GARDEN – SEASONAL UPDATE – AUTUMN 2026
KITCHEN GARDEN – SEASONAL UPDATE – AUTUMN 2026

Jerusalem artichokes, cool-season tomatoes, sweet Japanese peppers – and sowing seeds for winter and spring.

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Kitchen garden, Seasonal-updateCathy Gray23 May 2026Tomatoes, Zucchini, Peppers, Flowers, RatsComment
BUSH FOOD GARDEN – SEASONAL UPDATE – AUTUMN 2026
BUSH FOOD GARDEN – SEASONAL UPDATE – AUTUMN 2026

The last of the bright blue dianella berries, a rare five-corners plant in flower, some new shrubs, and lots of pruning

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Seasonal-update, Bush food gardenCathy Gray17 May 2026Comment
BUSH FOOD GARDEN – SEASONAL UPDATE – SUMMER 2025-26
BUSH FOOD GARDEN – SEASONAL UPDATE – SUMMER 2025-26

Lilly pilly berries get us into the Christmas spirit…

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Seasonal-update, Bush food gardenCathy Gray8 February 2026Comment
KITCHEN GARDEN – SEASONAL UPDATE – SUMMER 2025-26
KITCHEN GARDEN – SEASONAL UPDATE – SUMMER 2025-26

Tomatoes, bananas, snake beans, experiments with zucchini – and battling the rats.

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Kitchen garden, Seasonal-updateCathy Gray7 February 2026Tomatoes, Zucchini, Peppers, Flowers, RatsComment
RAMBLING POTAGER GARDEN – SEASONAL UPDATE – SUMMER 2025-26
RAMBLING POTAGER GARDEN – SEASONAL UPDATE – SUMMER 2025-26

Productive bananas, vertical zucchini, and disappointing tomatoes

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Seasonal-update, Potager gardenCathy Gray6 February 2026Comment
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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