Armidale Vegetable Sowing Guide
This guide shows planting time periods that should allow you to get a crop in Armidale.
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Garden

During the NSW Physical Distancing period to the end of June, SLA is not inviting the public to attend the Community Garden.

We’d love to see you at the community garden. We are open on 4 afternoons a week, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from around 1pm until dusk when the chooks agree to being shut in for the night.

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We don’t have individual plots, nor formal membership, it’s all shared garden, and anyone is welcome to turn up when they can to give us a hand, or just to shop. We have tools, but best to bring your own gloves if you’d like to work in the garden. Anyone who works in the garden can take some lovely fresh chemical-free food away with them when they go. Produce is also sold at the Armidale Local Food Stall, Farmers’ Market first and third Sunday each month starting at 8am, Curtis Park.

Armidale Vegetable Sowing Guide PDF

Community Garden Working Bee for April

Community Garden Working Bee for April

[ Sunday, 23 Apr; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] It's come around again. 5 Sundays this month so we have a working bee on Sunday 23rd April 1-5pm. Concentrating on perimeter fence to control blackberry and woody weeds. So bring along secateurs/cutters, grubbing tool, strong gloves and shoes, hat etc. Also whipper snippers welcome. <iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ibJMIvXD-iY?controls=0" width="520" height="520" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> full article »

Video: Check out the garden

Video: Check out the garden

The Armidale Community Garden is part of Sustainable Living Armidale, and growing fresh local food is a cornerstone of enhancing sustainability. The six disused tennis courts behind the Regional Art Museum have provided a wonderful site for building a garden, and over the years the project has been supported by hundreds of hard-working volunteers. It is a huge space to work with, and the tennis court fences provide a brilliant support for climbers such as cucumbers, beans and chokos, as well as keeping out kangaroos and rabbits. The garden is here for the community — It grows fruit, berries, vegetables and herbs, also many flowers and some native shrubs and trees. People may come to help and share in the produce, or just hang out and chat to other gardeners, get some tips, or simply wander around and relax after a stressful day. Gardening can be good for us in so many ways: it gives us a reason to be active out in the fresh air, creating and connecting to [...] full article »