Gardens for Harvest: Growing Food
The Gardens for Harvest program and booklet provides practical advice on how to grow your own produce at home, from designing and planning your garden, to planting and harvesting your own fresh fruit and vegetables.
Gardens for Harvest program will also provide you with information on how to connect with other food growers in your local area, where you can meet new people and share knowledge and experiences.
Get your Gardens for Harvest booklet
Don’t have a big yard? Don’t worry - you can still be productive in small spaces such as balconies through use of pots and wall installations.
You can find installation, planting and care information for a variety of fruit and vegetables at Gardening Australia and Sustainable Gardening Australia
Native Bush Foods
Consider adding bush foods to your garden. Bush foods are native, or local indigenous, edible plants that are better adapted to the Australian climate, soils and rainfall.
Growing bush foods can be lower maintenance than exotic fruits and vegetables, as they generally require less water and fertilisers.
Bush foods also provide habitat and food sources for beneficial wildlife, including pollinators and pest-predators.
To learn more, visit Sustainable Gardening Australia’s website.