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Establish a Community Garden

Application Form

Registration of Interest for schools, churches and other community groups wanting to establish a community garden; or for those groups seeking a suitable site in the Marrickville Council area for community gardening activities.

 

1. Contact details

a. Name of group:  
b. Contact person
c. Address:

 
 

d. Phone: (h) 
(w)
(m)
e. E-mail:  

 

 

Group details

2. Is your group an Incorporated association?

Yes

No 

3. Anticipated number of members wishing to garden:
4. Do members in your group have any skills or experience in gardening?

Yes

No 

 Any additional comments:

 

 

5. Community gardens do not require large sums of money to operate successfully. Although there may be costs associated with fencing, water reticulation, compost bins, or a tool shed, and you may need to purchase hoses, tools and other equipment, those costs may be covered by membership fees, grants or donations.

Does your group currently have funds available to establish a community garden or is it able to raise the funds required? Yes
No 

Any additional comments:

 

 

 

 

Site details

6. Do you already have a site that may be suitable? Yes
No

7. If you have a suitable site, please state the name of the owner and the address:

 

a. Owner:

b. Address:

8. Please describe the site. Include the dimensions, aspect, slope, and soil condition if known.

 

 

 

9. Does the site have a water service available, or are there buildings nearby from which rainwater can be collected?
  •  Sydney Water service available
 Yes
No
  •  Roof collection possible
 Yes
No 

10. If you do not already have a site, do you have any preference over where the community garden is located?

 

 

 

 

 

Garden and produce details

11. What types of plants are members of your group keen to grow?

Vegetables
Herbs

Berry fruits

Flowers

Medicinal plants

Bush foods

Fruit trees

Other...

12. Does your group intend to have a space where the gardening and the produce is shared or single plots for members to grow their own plants? A shared space could also be a boundary fence for growing climbing plants or a community herb collection.

Shared garden

Single plots

Garden offering both opportunities

13. Is the interest in community gardening to grow fresh food for home or private consumption, or is it for the sale of produce? Home or private consumption
Sale of produce

14. What kind of garden would you prefer? You can select multiple answers if you are looking for some combination of some or all of the garden types.

 

 Mixed cultivation - with controlled use of selected chemicals and fertilisers

 Organic - no use of synthetic chemicals and fertilisers

 Permaculture - self sustaining or no dig techniques
 Raised beds - suitable for elderly persons or those who need assistance to reach down

 No firm preference

 

 

Other considerations

15. Will your garden operate every day or will there be restrictions over when gardening can occur?

 

 

 

16. Have you considered matters such as toilets, litter, waste, odour, noise, rodents, or parking?

 

 

 

17. Will your garden be open to visitors?

 

Please add any related comments below.

 Yes
No 

 

18. Do you have any restrictions over who can join your group and participate in community gardening? If so, please specify below:

 

 

 

19. Any supporting comments you wish to add:

 

 

 

 

 

The information you provide about your group will remain confidential.

 

Thank you for your interest. Please click Submit below to send your form to Council.