Edible gardening

In the garden

Creating an edible garden provides delicious food for your family, reduces your 'food miles' and saves you money. Whether you have a pot on a balcony or a food forest in your backyard!

Composting and worm farming

Discover how to compost, build a worm farm and purchase a discounted bin/farm at up to 40% off for residents and free delivery. Read more. 

Keen to compost but don't have a bin? Join our NEW Ku-ring-gai Composting Network and become a host (accept local residents organics) or a guest (drop off at a location near you). Please email us to go on the list!

Edible gardening know-how

• Gardening Australia tips on what to grow and composting.
• Permaculture Sydney North join like-minded locals and share your knowledge.
• Turramurra Lookout Community Garden is a great place to learn to grow your own edibles.
• Grow me Safely best plants for kids and what not to plant (toxic). 
• Identify and remove any weeds keep your green spaces strong and healthy. 
• Bees Business have a great list of native pollinator plants.
• Soil health books online library deep dive into this topic from expert Steve Solomon  

Build a herb spiral

Short on space? Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney shares how to grow all the herbs you could need using this energy-efficient garden design. Find out more.