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There are so many ways to be involved in Canberra City Farm. We host a wide range of regular and one-off events throughout the year, from educational workshops and expert talks to hands-on Farm activities and seasonal celebrations. We have regular working bees, monthly mingles, and plant clinics.
See REGULAR EVENTS for extra details about Working Bees, Monthly Mingles, and Plant Clinics.
Little Green Thumbs Play, eat, learn and grow! What: A garden based food education program for lower primary aged children and their families. When: 4:00 to 5:30 pm Tuesday afternoons throughout term 4. Typical program: Play: we will usually start with a few active games. This helps us relax, get to know each other, and […]
PLANTING DAY Join us at our planting day and help create our new micro forest and wildflower meadow at the Canberra City Farm. You will be rewarded with convivial conversation, fun outdoor activity and a wood fired pizza afterwards. The Farm has 400+ trees, shrubs and flowers to plant a micro forest and thousands of […]
Celebrating ten years at Dairy Road We’re celebrating our first ten years at Dairy Road with a gala open day! The gate is open to all with a fun and inspirational community event: shop at our stalls learn from our workshops and tours enjoy the friendly community and meet the organisations that help make the […]
This month’s guest speaker is Robbie Speldewinde, Operations Manager of St John’s Care in Reid. For many years the Farm has been donating fresh produce to their emergency relief program and this year we received a beautiful note of thanks: ‘The fresh produce we receive goes straight into the hands of people accessing our service […]
Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities —Celebrating World Soil Day So what’s the connection between healthy soils and food security and biodiversity in urban environments? Come to the Canberra City Farm as we mix up some practice and theory to start the conversation rolling on this question. 10 am—build a hot compost heap We’re getting practical […]
Regenerative Study Group Our Regenerative Study Group meets on the first Sunday of the month at the City Farm in the LESS. Our next session will be on 7 December. We will be continuing to explore the nature of regenerative cultures and their relationship to regenerative agriculture. At the Canberra City Farm we embrace ‘principles […]
December Monthly Mingle A festive season invitation to all our members and volunteers to join us for our final Monthly Mingle for 2025. There is much to celebrate at the December Mingle and we would like to give a big thank to everyone for their hard work in what has been a challenging year for […]
Now in its second year, this group meets on the first Sunday of the month to explore the nature of regenerative cultures and their relationship to regenerative agriculture. We will share all things regenerative, from big ideas to voices of hope to plates of food and personal friendships. Strap yourselves in for a collaborative and […]
A garden-based food education program for lower primary aged children and their families Starting Tuesday 3 February 2026, 4.15 pm —5.45 pm, then weekly for Term 1, (total 9 weeks) Although this program has already started, new participants are most welcome. Ticket prices have been adjusted to reflect the number of weeks left in Term […]
In this hands-on and practical workshop participants will be shown how to make a veggie cage from steel mesh to protect against white cabbage moths. rats, birds and other munchers. Price for the workshop includes taking home the mesh protector you make. If you are able to bring eye protection and gloves if you have them, that […]
Workshop description This workshop is a component of the Allotment Education Program. Various methods of protecting your plants from pests and disease will be described. We will be using an integrated pest management approach to apply these techniques in a systematic, integrated manner while protecting the ecology of our gardens and the surrounding environment. This […]
Join us at the Farm for a slow Saturday cooking class. We will be firing up the pizza oven to create a scrumptious lunch! The Farm is brimming with summer produce which we will be using in our dishes alongside ingredients from the local markets. At the end of the class we will get together […]