A local patch of shared ground.

What began as a neighbourhood idea in 2008 was planted for real in 2012, on a green field in Bunya Park with the support of Lake Macquarie City Council and local volunteers. The founders' philosophy still shapes everything here: no fences, open to the public day and night, local people growing things for local people.

There are no fences and no gates. The Garden is open to everyone, all day, every day, and everything grown here is freely available to the community. Local Garden Volunteers gather each Wednesday morning and on the second Saturday of the month to raise seedlings, turn compost and catch up over morning tea around 10:00 am, sometimes with home-baked goodies on the table!

We garden gently and organically, with no harsh chemicals or sprays: we grow our own seedlings in the propagation shed, make our own compost and water the beds with stored rainwater. But we are a community before we are anything else. People come from all walks of life, some for the growing, some for the company, most for both, and for a few of us it is less about the vegetables than the laughs and the friendships, the kind of camaraderie you would find at a good local sporting club.

You do not need to know a thing about gardening to join in, and nobody is going to interview you at the gate (there is no gate!). There is no roster and no obligation, just come along when it suits you to one of our Working Bees, held each Wednesday morning and on the second Saturday of the month.

Come down and get involved