TASMANIAN COMMUNITY FOOD GARDEN

The Tasmanian Community Food Garden

The Tasmanian Community Food Garden

This area has a long history of cultivation as a food garden and orchard from the original Hangan’s Farm in 1806 to extensions of Government House vegetable beds until the 1950s.  In more recent times it was the Economic Garden and Pete’s Vegie Patch. All up an unbroken 200 year history of productive plantings.

Community beds

Community garden beds many worked weekly by various Tasmanian community groups

The new Tasmanian Community Food Garden was completed in 2013 on the site of the original ‘Pete’s Patch’. This Garden is a working organic production and display garden, with a multitude of veggie production practices displayed including an example of the original six-bed crop rotation system made famous in the original patch.

Developed in conjunction with a coalition of community organisations and other interested individuals, it emphasises sustainability, highlights food security and produces local fruit and vegetables for the wider community. This garden provides inspiration and practical ideas for both the home gardener and other community gardens.

Organic gardening principles are adhered to here, with the soil naturally enriched by the addition of manures, compost and green manure crops. It is also maintained with an integrated approach to managing pests, diseases and weeds in the areas of the patch.

The garden produces around 4 tonnes of produce annually, the bulk of which is donated to Second Bite to be distributed to the needy within the Tasmanian community.
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Harvesting food in the Tas Community Food Garden

Harvesting food in the Tas Community Food Garden

Take a look around the Garden as a virtual tour. Click on the image above (A sphere view will own in a new window), roll your cursor over the sphere view image and use the navigation arrows as they appear, to move around.