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.

 

How does it help our net zero target?

By growing our own food, we cut down on food miles used to transport produce and use our food waste to make compost, stopping emissions from food in landfill. Around 45% of waste in red bins in Ku-ring-gai is food waste.

Get started  

• Composting & worm farming tips and tricks
• Claim a rebate for a compost bin
• Attend a workshop on composting or edible gardening