Church Community Gardens in Australia

There are so many awesome Community Gardens created by, run by, hosted by and in partnership with churches all around Australia.

The following list is an attempt to collate some of our knowledge of where these gardens are so that you can find one near you, find more information about establishing your own at your church, or network for support and information sharing.

If your garden isn’t on this list, please don’t be offended, just help us to make the list better by emailing us (our full name) @ gmail.com

And remember, your Community Garden can count towards your Five Leaf Eco-Awards! To find out if you have done enough to earn an award yet, click on the ‘Survey’ button on our front page (also includes a link to a printable version).

Happy Gardening!

Church Community Gardens:

• St George’s Uniting Church Eden – Garden of Eden*
• South Sydney Uniting Church – Garden of Eden*
• St Luke’s Anglican Parish Mosman Park, WA*
• St Luke’s Anglican Parish Maylands, WA*
• Nightcliff Uniting Church, NT (Permaculture Garden) – The Mulch Pit*
• Castlemaine Uniting Church, VIC
• Port Melbourne Uniting Church, VIC*
• Hope Uniting Church, NSW*
• Canberra Baptist Church, ACT*
• Swan View Uniting Church, WA* (all beds are made from recycled materials, and they offer a green waste collection point to their community – they mulch and compost the waste).
• Kippax Uniting Church, ACT*
• Faith Works Coorparoo Uniting Church (“Bring your Bible in one hand and your compost in the other”)
• Gymea-Miranda Uniting Church
• Moree Uniting Church
• St Matthew’s Long Gully, VIC
• The Old Church on the Hill, VIC
• Quaker’s Hill Uniting Church, NSW

Smaller Community Gardens:

• Normanhurst Uniting Church
• Brunswick Uniting Church*
• Adamstown Uniting Church* (Children’s Garden)
• Merewether Uniting Church*
• Uniting Church in the City, Wesley Church* (their garden is on top of their office building to feed their bees)
• St Saviours Anglican Church Boyup Brook WA* (sell Olive Oil made from trees on their grounds)
• Neutral Bay Uniting Church, NSW
• The Grove Uniting Church, SA

Community Gardens hosted by churches:

• O’Connor Uniting Church COGs Garden, ACT

Native Gardens:

• Warrandyte Uniting Church, VIC*
• Holy Trinity Church, Tilba Tilba NSW
• Abbotsford Convent, VIC
• Brunswick Uniting Church*

Indigenous Food Gardens:

• St George’s Uniting Church. Eden*

Eco-Meditation Garden

• St Phillip’s Church, QLD

Nature Restoration/Bushland Projects:

• Charlestown Anglican Parish Newcastle, NSW*
• Terrigal Uniting Church (Including a Bush Chapel), NSW

Chickens:

• St John’s Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane, QLD*
• Nightcliff Uniting Church, NT*

Bees:

• St George’s Anglican, Paddington (native and honey bees. Honey and lipgloss for sale), NSW
• Wayside Chapel (honey for sale), NSW
• Nightcliff Uniting Church, NT*

* = churches who currently hold Five Leaf Eco-Awards