My Smart Garden

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My Smart Garden is a free program that will help you grow your own food, shelter your home from the sun and wind, create homes for local wildlife, use water wisely and recycle waste. The program offers free sustainable gardening workshops, a monthly eNewsletter with seasonal tips, online resources and recommended library books plus opportunities to swap and share with local gardeners!

Sustainable Gardening brochure(PDF, 4MB)

 

My Smart Garden Case Study: Rabea and Steve’s rental unit in Altona

 

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 “We grew a little bit of food before on a small balcony in Germany, but when we moved to a larger rental property in Altona we thought of expanding our garden but didn't really know how and where to start and what to grow. We joined My Smart Garden in January 2018 after seeing a poster in the library. The winter gardening event was so helpful and encouraging that we started pretty much on the day of the workshop!” Continue reading...

 

 

My Smart Garden case study: Peter from Seaholme

 

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“Growing food is a conversation starter and now people stop me in the street to say hi”

The first My Smart Garden event I went to was a hands-on edible garden working bee in Altona North. I’m a real estate agent so I only have one day off a week, but I was there for five hours and I loved the idea of everyone working together. Continue reading...

 

 

Check out the upcoming My Smart Garden events below!