Chelsea Heights Community Garden
With the support of our wonderful volunteers, the Community Garden is a vibrant space to grow organic fruit and vegetables, connect with the community, and learn new skills together.
Our garden has over 40 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.
Established in 2009, the Chelsea Heights Community Garden aims to provide the local community with access to physical plots of land with which to grow organic fruits, vegetables, and flowers, as well as provide ongoing education and awareness of the leading roles community members can take in sustainable environmental management.
Since its founding in 2009, we have consistently achieved the ideals it was created to embody, providing many community members with valuable experience, allowing them to learn about and actualise environmentally sensitive land and water use practices.
Our Community Garden has a strong commitment to empower everyone, regardless of their circumstances, to participate in sound and effective sustainability led gardening. Our ongoing commitment to our community demonstrates the strong values and dedication with which our organisation conducts itself.
Our garden has over 40 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.
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Open Gate Day at the Community Garden! 🌿
Sunday 18th October 9.45am - 2pm
Ever wondered what’s growing behind our garden gates?
Whether you’re an experienced gardener, a curious beginner, or just want to enjoy a beautiful morning outdoors with the family, our Open Gate Day is the perfect chance to connect, learn, and explore!
Come along to meet our wonderful team of volunteers, see what we’ve been cultivating, and find out how you can get involved in your local green space.
Free - All welcome!
What’s On:
Garden Talks
Join our practical, beginner-friendly mini-workshop where we’ll share top tips.
10.00am - Tomatoes tips by Jayne
11.00am - Wicking beds by Tim
12.00pm – Preparing your soil by Marg
1.00pm – How to budget meals with garden produces by Kellie
Guided Garden Tour on request
Discover our thriving veggie patches, learn about our sustainable composting systems, and get a firsthand look at how we look after our local patch of paradise.
And more!
Seed giveaways (while supplies last!)
Take home a plant or second hand garden tool! Cash donations warmly welcomed.
Try your luck with our garden themed raffle.
Kid-friendly activities to get the little ones excited about nature
Information on how to become a member
What to bring: Please wear sturdy closed-toe shoes and weather appropriate protection (hat, sunscreen..)
How to become a member?
This is a Community Garden where the expectation is that you not only look after your plot, but participate in the upkeep and well-being of the garden. It is a place for members to socialise and learn about growing their own food and caring for our environment.
As a member you can enjoy the garden by:
• Growing your own food
• Relaxing in the natural environment
• Making new friends
• Maintaining communal garden areas and sharing in the produce
• Propagating plants
• Learning sustainable gardening practices through exchanging knowledge with other gardeners etc
• Participating in workshops and events
To become one of our member, you will have to fill out a membership form and pay the relevant fee for the upcoming financial year. Please contact us for more information.
*** Please note. Due to popular demand, we have a limited availability of our garden plots.***
2026 Working Bees Dates
17th May
14th June
19th July
16th August
20th September
18th October
15th November
20th December
2027 Working Bees Dates
17th January
21st February
21st March
18th April
16th May
20th June
18th July
15th August
19th September
17th October
21st November
19th December
Every 3rd Sunday of each month from 10am.
It's lot of fun, with gardening, eating, socialising and learning. Bring the kids along too! We highly recommend you to join us more often than the minimum of 3 times a year.
What's growing on?
SUMMER / AUTUMN
What an abundance of vegetables, fruit and herbs can be grown at this time of year, right through to autumn.
Tomatoes, eggplants, chillies, capsicums, zucchinis of all sorts, beans, carrots, radishes, beetroot, pumpkins and cucumbers to name a few. And there are lettuce, spinach and coriander varieties that are less inclined to bolt (go to seed quickly).
But you could, like us, try leafy green alternatives like amaranth, warrigal greens or malabar spinach. And don't forget herbs like basil, thyme, sage, rosemary, parsley and particularly in the warmer months, French tarragon. And for versatile, long cropping fruit, ripe pepinos, Cape gooseberries or alpine strawberries.
