Edible Hub Community Garden (Hurstbridge)
The Edible Hub community garden is a place where people can come together to grow food, garden collectively, and build a sense of community. It's a space for food production, education in sustainable living, and community engagement and participation.
The Edible Hub garden is situated at the entrance to the Hurstbridge Community Hub, and is managed by a dedicated group of volunteers in accordance with permaculture principles. The garden is open to the public, and provides an inclusive space for people to connect and learn through topics of food growing, community resilience, and sustainability. The produce from the beds is free for everyone to harvest, promoting the concepts of a sharing economy, and the use of communal land for the production of fresh, local food.
The garden has numerous wicking beds, a compost station with three large bins, a small perennial food garden, newly built sensory garden, and a picnic/eating area with tables and chairs. There are currently plans in place to build a children's area, bush tucker garden, Mediterranean garden, and add more beds as well as fruit and berry plants. A range of free and low-cost workshops and events are run regularly by the garden volunteers, and advertised through SHIFT and the Edible Hub Facebook page.
The garden is run in conjunction with a number of related initiatives at the Hurstbridge Hub, including a Food is Free table, twice monthly food swap, Home Harvest seed library, and repair cafe.
Opening Hours:
The garden volunteers meet Thursday mornings at 9.30am to plan or carry out work in the garden. Anyone is welcome to attend and no ongoing commitment to the garden is required. We welcome all ages, interests, and abilities.
Location
50 Graysharps Road, Hurstbridge 3099 Map
Email Enquiry
Web Links
→ localfoodconnect.org.au/community-gardening/edible-hub-hurstbridge/
→ Edible Hub Community Garden on Facebook
→ shiftinc.org.au/edible-hub
