Join us for our May Monthly Mingle on Sunday 19 May. It is an informal get-together that aims to bring people closer to their local food system and community. Monthly Mingles are an opportunity to share food, stories, and views on sustainability and our food system. This month we are very pleased to welcome Holly […]
Join us at the farm for a special winter solstice celebration! With special guest, the Food Co-op, who are offering a delicious lunch and a few inspiring words about themselves and their place in the Canberra food system. Accompanied by warming fires, mulled wine, toasted marshmallows, games, and general conviviality to celebrate the great turning. […]
Join us for our July Monthly Mingle on Sunday 21 July. It is an informal get-together that aims to bring people closer to their local food system and community. Monthly Mingles are an opportunity to share food, stories, and views on sustainability and our food system. This month we are pleased to welcome Prof Gavin […]
Join us for our August Monthly Mingle on Sunday 18 August. It is an informal get-together that aims to bring people closer to their local food system and community. Monthly Mingles are an opportunity to share food, stories, and views on sustainability and our food system. This month we are pleased to welcome Naomi Lacey, […]
We are pleased to welcome Chelsea Moseley to the Farm to demonstrate how to make biochar. Biochar can be added to the soil, up to 10% by volume, to provide a very stable source of soil carbon. It is said that in the soil biochar has a water holding capacity of up to 300% of […]
Join us for our Monthly Mingle on Sunday 22 September. It is an informal get-together that aims to bring people closer to their local food system and community. Monthly Mingles are an opportunity to share food, stories, and views on sustainability and our food system. This month pizza will be followed by the Canberra City […]
Join us for Compost Day! Sunday 29 September, 9.30 am til lunchtime A fun day of turning our green waste into microbial gold! As we transition into managing all our organic stuff on site and producing our own compost, we invite you to join us. It’s a chance to learn the science and art of […]
We are pleased to host the ACT Gathering of Community Gardens Australia. Come and experience a fabulous day at Canberra City Farm with your fellow ACT community gardeners! We will have speakers, workshops, lots of fun, cooking demonstrations, and a community lunch. For more details about the program, click here. For information about the speakers list, […]
Join us for our July Monthly Mingle on Sunday 17 November. It is an informal get-together that aims to bring people closer to their local food system and community. Monthly Mingles are an opportunity to share food, stories, and views on sustainability and our food system. This month we are pleased to welcome Cormac Farrell […]
This year World Soil Day occurs on 5 December. Join us and special guests from Home Soil on 8 December to celebrate the importance of soil and to mark World Soil Day. 10 am: build a compost heap To mark World Soil Day we're getting practical by turning the Farm's garden trash into soil treasure. […]
As we find ourselves on the cusp of the festive season, we invite all our members and volunteers to join us for our final Monthly Mingle for 2024. The December Mingle is a celebration of our Farm community and everyone's hard work throughout the year at and for the Farm. In the spirit of celebration, […]
We are firing up the biochar retort to make our next batch of biochar to go under the fruit trees (provided there is no fire ban). At the same time we will be building our next compost heap. If you would like to participate in these processes and also see how to inoculate and use […]
