At the EarthCarers Community Garden you can reduce your impact on the environment whilst growing your own fresh, healthy food. The garden uses only harvested rainwater and helps you cut down on greenhouse gas emissions by avoiding ‘food miles’.

The garden has 43 individual plots for growing food for personal use plus a number of communal gardening areas which include fruit trees, herbs and areas for planting annual vegetables.

As a member you can enjoy the garden by:
Growing your own food
Relaxing in the natural environment
Making new friends
Maintaining communal garden plots and sharing in their produce
Propagating plants
Learning sustainable gardening practices through workshops (discount prices for members) and exchanging knowledge with other gardeners
creating art works
participating in celebrations and events

Fees for 2010/2011 are:
- $20 membership per household or
- $100 membership for a community organisation
PLUS
- $30 for an individual plot

Members receive a monthly newsletter including gardening tips and advice, recipes for food in season and upcoming activities

EarthCarers
The EarthCarers Community Garden is the largest project to date of the Chelsea Heights EarthCarers group.

As a member of EarthCarers you can share your concern for the environment and the threats of climate change and empower yourself and others to live more sustainably. Group activities include simply sharing ideas, workshops and seminars and visiting places demonstrating innovative sustainable living practices.

The EarthCarers group meets every Thursday during school terms from 10am to 12 noon. Meetings alternate between management of the Community Garden and topics related to other areas of sustainable living and climate change.