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ORGANIC GARDENING RESOURCES - LINKS FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING
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WHAT'S ON
FARMER'S MARKETS
ECO DIRECTORIES
EDUCATION ORGANIC & PERMACULTURE
GREEN BUSINESS - Supporting the environment
ORGANIC AND BIO DYNAMIC FARMING ORGANISATIONS
ORGANIC GARDENING, PERMACULTURE, COMMUNITY GARDENS AND SEED SAVING GROUPS
REAL ESTATE - SUSTAINABLE
MAGAZINES
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATIONS
NURSERIES AND SEED SUPPLIERS
EARTH BUILDING
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FARMERS MARKETS
Organic Food and Farmers Markets
www.organicfoodmarkets.com.au
 Organic Growers Market
Brisbane
Queensland
16 Victoria St Windsor
Ph
07 38578775
Enjoy the freshest and purest certified organic
fruit, vegetables, breads, meat, dairy, drygoods and
preserves at Queensland’s first and only market
selling certified organic produce. Growers come from
near and far to greet you with a smile every Sunday
from 6.00am to 10.30am in the carpark adjacent to
the Northey St City Farm.
Veg Out Farmers’ Market
- Victoria
1st Saturday of every month 8.30am-1pm
Chaucer Street, St Kilda (just behind Acland Street
and Luna Park)
Slow Food
Melbourne Farmers Market
- Victoria
St Heliers Street, Collingwood on the 4th Saturday
of each month.
Collingwood Children’s Farm
Farmers’ Market - Victoria
2nd Saturday every month 8.00am–1pm
St Heliers St, Abbotsford
Gasworks Farmers’ Market
- Victoria
3rd Sat every month 8.30am–1pm
Graham Street, Albert Park. (cnr Pickles St)
The Gascoyne
Growers Markets, Carnarvon, Western Australia
Every Saturday 8am to 11.30am from mid-May to
October
For further information email
gascoynemarkets@westnet.com.au
or call markets coordinator Nic Giblett on 0403 198
760.
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ECO DIRECTORIES
The
Green Directory - for eco friendly products and
services
Ph 08 8357 1329
Fax 08 8357 1320
www.thegreendirectory.com.au
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EDUCATION
- ORGANIC AND
PERMACULTURE
 Garden
Harvest Workshops with respected horticulturist, permaculture
teacher and designer and environmental educator, Linda Brennan.
To book
for any of the above workshops or to find out more, please call
Linda 07 3349 2962 or check out the website
www.ecobotanica.com.au
Permaculture
Pathways – Sunshine Coast QLD
Permaculture and
organic gardening courses run throughout the
year at Eudlo. Courses include; Introduction to
Permaculture, Organic Vegie Growing, Compost,
Worm Farming, Backyard Chooks, Beekeeping and
Solar Oven Construction.
Visit
www.permaculturepathways.blogspot.com
Email Sonya:
permaculturepathways@yahoo.com.au for more
information.
Hawkesbury EarthCare
Centre NSW
The EarthCare Centre is a substantial building
of rammed earth, mudbricks and strawbale. The Centre
is a broad-based sustainable living organisation
promoting environmentally responsible land use,
appropriate technologies for industry and human
settlement and the development of healthy and
self-reliant communities that will flourish long
past the peak oil and financial crisis.
www.earthcare.org.au
Email: info@earthcare.org.au
Phone: 02 4567 8424 or 0438 731 712
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 Cityfood
Growers
Web site providing a large resource of localised
information on organic and biodynamic gardening
of vegetables and herbs for backyard gardeners,
community gardens and peri-urban food growers.
Over 120 food plants included with a unique
temperature sensitive planting calendar and
online market to post locally grown food.
www.cityfoodgrowers.com.au
PO Box 446, Samford, QLD, 4520, Australia
Phone: 0401156532 or 61 7 32893602
Australian
Sustainable Lifestyles
This site operates
via a discussion forum, with lots of
information about simple sustainable living,
organic gardening and permaculture: it
features homemade recipes for cleaners, food
etc as well as talk about how to grow food and
keep chickens and small animals. It is a great
resource for new gardeners as well as more
experienced ones.
www.aussieslivingsimply.com.au
 www.1stoporganicgardening.com
Discover the deep
satisfaction of growing your own organic vegetables
and join the "Go Organic Club" to get your free
Composting Guide. Based in South Australia, this
information if valuable to beginners everywhere
wanting to learn how to grow organic vegetables
successfully.
The Permaforest Trust - Accredited Permaculture Training
Internship Program NSW
Offers residential training in
Certificates 3, 4 and Diploma level study.
Lot 3 Hidden Valley Rd
Barkers Vale Australia NSW 2474
Ph 02 66897579
Email: info@permaforesttrust.org.au
www.permaforesttrust.org.au
www.hortcourses.com
ACS Distance Education.
Free course counselling from experienced
horticulturists. Over 300 courses, with highly
qualified tutors. Study online, by CD, or by
correspondence.
ACS Garden
www.acsgarden.com
ACS Distance Education
Global gardening resources. Latest news, plant
directory, gardening advice, courses.
Horticulture courses @ ACS Distance Education
http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/General-Horticulture-courses.aspx
Over 400 courses, highly
qualified tutors. Study online, by CD, or by
correspondence. Established for 27 years.
Crystal Waters College QLD
Permaculture courses and programs for schools,
universities, community organisations and
individuals.
50 Crystal Waters Conondale Qld 4552
Phone: 07 5494 4833
Email:
info@crystalwaterscollege.org.au
www.crystalwaterscollege.org.au
 The Food Forest
SA
The Food Forest is a
permaculture farm producing 160 varieties of
organically certified food; it is a busy centre for
people interested in learning skills for a
sustainable way of life through short courses and it
is the base for a consultancy service specialising
in the design of ecologically sustainable
properties.
PO Box 859 Gawler SA 5118
Ph/Fax 08 85226450
Email:
foodforest@bigpond.com
http://foodforest.com.au/index.htm
Hepburn Permaculture
VIC
16 Fourteenth St Hepburn VIC 3461
Ph/Fax 03 53483636
Email:
holmgren@netconnect.com.au
http://www.holmgren.com.au/
 Growing
Gardeners
Growing Gardeners is dedicated to the
establishment and advancement of Sustainable,
Organic, Edible Gardens in domestic, corporate
and community settings.
http://growinggardeners.com.au
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 Permaculture Education Centre – Djanbung Gardens
NSW
Djanbung Gardens is
dedicated to the practice and education of Earthwise
Living through practical earthcare, permaculture,
ecological design and the development of human
potential, creativity and skills.
PO Box 379 Nimbin NSW 2480
Ph/Fax 02 66891755
Email:
robyn@permaculture.com.au
http://www.earthwise.org.au
SEED
International
QLD
Sustainability Education and
Ecological Design
50
Crystal Waters
Kilcoy Lane
Conondale QLD 4552
Ph/Fax 07 54944833
Email:
info@SEEDinternational.com.au
The Permaculture Institute
Ph 03 64450945
Fax 03 64450944
Email:
tagariadmin@southcom.com.au
The Permaculture Research Institute
NSW
PO Box 1 Tyalgum NSW 2484
Ph 02 66793275
Fax 02 66792018
Email:
pri@permaculture.org.au
www.permaculture.org.au
Toni Salter
The Veggie Lady
Workshops and other
resources to help you easily grow great tasting,
healthy, organic food in your own backyard. The
website contains free advice on what to do in
the garden, a planting guide, organic pest and
disease control, featured plants and more each
month.
http://www.theveggielady.com
Email:
info@theveggielady.com
PO Box 3113 Narellan 2567
Organic Gardening Site:
for Adelaide, South Australia and
Beyond
David Corkill is
developing a website to help people learn about
organic gardening, with the emphasis on
Adelaide/South Australian needs and conditions.
The site features a forum where members can ask
questions and share information. The main site
is still under development - but the forum is up
and running.
http://www.gardenorganic.info/
The forum
http://www.gardenorganic.info/forum/
 This
site is dedicated to the encouragement and
growth of the Urban Farming movement, a return
to food production in backyards and community
plots, and a return to the deep pleasure,
satisfaction and connectiveness that comes from
participating in life at a fundamental level.
http://urbanfarmingoz.com.au/
 Under the Choko Tree - Sustainable Living in the
Suburbs
Nev and Linda Sweeney have lived in western
Sydney (Australia), for over 30 years and for 25
years or more of it have been attempting to live
a self reliant/sustainable lifestyle. Their site
has a wide range of articles on food growing,
food preserving, metalwork, animals and crafts.
http://www.underthechokotree.com/
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GREEN BUSINESS -
Supporting the environment
 Edible
Landscapes
Edible Landscapes are dedicated to empowering
the community to grow their own fruit,
vegetables and herbs.
www.ediblelandscapes.com.au
admin@ediblelandscapes.com.au
Ph: 07 5448 3769 or 0411 518 773
We design sustainable gardens for your household
that are super productive and will save you
heaps of cash and time. One hour of good design
can save ten hours of hard work.
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Learn organic and sustainable gardening in
the comfort of your own home through out
Edible Garden Party workshops.
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Having pest and disease problems? Your
garden not quite producing what you want?
Our Veggie Doctor House Calls can diagnose
problems, apply remedies, give you plant
prescriptions and one-on-one advice.
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Our Kitchen Garden Packages will have you
growing in no time. Raised veggie beds,
installation, high quality organic soil,
fertilisers, minerals, seeds and seedlings.
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Do you want to develop a Community Garden?
We can guide you through all the processes
through our joint partnership with Veggie
Village Community Gardens.
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Our Edible Schoolyards Program incorporates
professional development for teachers,
volunteers and staff. We design the gardens
with links to school curriculum and provide
grant information, garden installation and
support.
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 GreenSoul Organics
Based in outer Melbourne: home delivery, office
fruit boxes, local markets, farm shop. Mobile:
0416004844
Website for online shopping - Currently under
construction.
www.greensoulorganics.com.au
enquiries@greensoulorganics.com.au
Naga Books
Naga Books is an online bookshop owned by
Satyagandhi, operating out of Naganaga Buddhist
Vihara. It sells second hand books specialising
in reference books in the area of Buddhism,
meditation, religion, spirituality, ethics,
philosophy, health and wellbeing, ecology and
environmental issues.
Worms DownUnder supplies compost worms, worm
farms, natural fertilizer and expert friendly
advice.
230 Western Avenue Montville Queensland 4560
Ph
07 5478 5290
Mobile
0410 152 910
www.wormsdownunder.com.au
Wormtec is a
producer of environmentally friendly, organic,
worm-derived microbial worm-tea foliar sprays
and soil drench products as well as compost
worms, enhanced worm cast, worm supplies and
vermiculture. Located on the Queensland Gold
Coast.
PO Box 850
Biggera Waters 4216 QLD
Ph 07 55372254
Mobile 0413
807176
Email
info@wormtec.com.au
www.wormtec.com.au/contact.htm
Worm Organics is located in Adelaide SA
and supplies composting worms, worm farms, worm
castings, worm liquor (liquid nutrient) and
fishing worms. It also provides consultancy for
commercial worm farms.
Mobile: 0410 594 501
Email:
info@wormorganics.com.au
www.Wormorganics.com.au
Kookaburra Worm Farms
Ph
07 41573066
Fax 07 41573066
We supply
the best priced, liveliest compost worms plus
the easiest to use worm farms, delivered to your
door Australia wide. Order online at
www.kookaburrawormfarms.com.au
orders@worms.net.au
 Hollow Log Homes - Wildlife Boxes
Nest
boxes for wildlife: design, education,
installation, research and monitoring.
PO
Box 144 Kenilworth Qld 4574
Ph
07 54723142
Fax
07 54460073
Mob: 0419196621
Email:
info@hollowloghomes.com
www.hollowloghomes.com
Edible Landscaping UK
Edible
Landscaping offers the ultimate green
organic design service, for any garden or
public space.
Food gardening
can be beautiful as well as productive – it
can provide edible plants, medicines or
wildlife havens and still remain food for
the soul.
http://ediblelandscaping.co.uk/index.html
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ORGANIC AND BIO DYNAMIC FARMING ORGANISATIONS
Bio-Dynamic Farming and Gardening Assoc in Australia (BDFGAA)
Bio-Dynamic information, preparations and newsletter
Box 54 Bellingen NSW 2454
Ph 02 66550566
Email:
bdoffice@biodynamics.net.au
www.biodynamics.net.au
Bio-Dynamic Research Institute
1. Training and advice in BD
2. Demeter certification
3. Bio dynamic marketing
4. BD Gardeners’ Association
Main Rd Powelltown VIC 3797
Ph 03 59667333
http://demeter.org.au/index.html
Biological Farmers of Australia (BFA)
Bio dynamic and organic farm certification, membership newsletter
PO Box 530 - L1/766 Gympie
Rd
CHERMSIDE QLD 4032
Ph: 07 3350 5716
Fax: 07 3350 5996
Email:
info@bfa.com.au
www.bfa.com.au
National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia (NASAA)
Certification of organic farms, processors, packers and exporters. Advice and quarterly bulletin for membership
PO Box 768 Stirling SA 5152
Ph 08 83708455
Fax 08 83708381
Email:
enquiries@nasaa.com.au
www.nasaa.com.au
Organic Retailers & Growers Association of Australia (ORGAA)
Partnership between growers, retailers and consumers
PO Box 12852 A’Beckett St PO Melbourne VIC 3000
Ph 03 97379799
Organic Growers of Australia Inc. (OGA)
Membership and organic certification
PO Box 6171 South Lismore NSW 2480
Ph 02 66220100
Fax 02 66220900
Email:
oga@nrg.com.au
www.organicgrowers.org.au
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ORGANIC GARDENING, PERMACULTURE,
COMMUNITY GARDENS AND SEED SAVING GROUPS
Yandina Community Gardens
Sunshine Coast
of
Queensland
Yandina Community Gardens is a permaculture
garden established for the community to gain
practical skills in growing their own food. It
also features an old Queensland weatherboard
house retrofitted to demonstrate practical
solutions to changing your home to be more
sustainable. Below are listed more features of
the gardens you can explore and learn about when
you visit the gardens. Open Tuesday 8am -2pm and
Saturday 8am -12 noon. Volunteers are vital to
the running of Yandina Community Gardens and are
always welcome.
http://yandinacommunitygardens.com.au/
Northey
Street City Farm
Brisbane Queensland
Northey Street City Farm is a non-profit
community organisation situated on the banks of
Brisbane’s Breakfast Creek in Windsor. More than
1500 exotic and native fruit trees, bushtucker
plants, shrubs and ground covers have been
planted on the four hectare farm site since its
inception in April 1994. The farm has been
developed for people to enjoy and participate in
using the principles of permaculture. It is also
intended to be a demonstration site where people
of all ages can learn through practical, hands
on experience.
http://www.nscf.org.au/
 Permaculture Noosa
Sunshine Coast
of
Queensland
Permaculture
Noosa is
a non-profit organisation of people drawn
together to develop the dynamic process of
permaculture by sharing ideas and
resources to create sustainable living
environments. Meetings are held every
third Thursday at the Cooroy Memorial Hall
. At 7.00 we have stalls then speakers and
discussion, followed by a cup of tea.
Members also go into schools and to open
days to demonstrate Permaculture to the
public and encourage the community to
embark on sustainable ways of living.
http://permaculturenoosa.com.au
Successful Gardening
The Successful Gardening website with Annette
McFarlane introduces readers to the fundamental
principles of organic gardening. It provides
information on organic pest control methods, helps
you to identify pests through pictures and suggests
organic remedies to solve common gardening problems.
Check the Events Calendar or view information on
horticulture courses based in
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
http://www.annettemcfarlane.com
The Australian
Community Gardens Network is an informal,
community-based organisation linking people
interested in community gardening across
Australia.
http://www.communitygarden.org.au/index.html
Brisbane Organic Growers
Brisbane Queensland
Monthly meetings and field days to promote backyard organic growing in Brisbane region. Website has good access to other groups.
Ph 07
33573171
boginews@iinet.net.au
www.bogi.org.au
Vera Street
Community Garden
Brisbane Queensland
A grass-roots,
get-your-hands-dirty group of local and
not-so-local residents who come together to do
organic gardening and creek rehabilitation
within the grounds of Toowong College, off Vera
Street in West Toowong.
www.connectqld.org.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=31447
Permaculture Sydney Institute (PSI)
Permaculture Sydney Institute runs Permaculture
courses and specialist workshops on topics such
as bamboo, pizza oven and straw bale building
workshops. Meetings held at the ‘Ku-ring-gai
Centre for Seniors’ 259 Pacific Highway
Lindfield
Ph 02 98882575
info@permaculturesydneyinstitute.org
www.permaculturesydneyinstitute.org
Canberra Organic Growers Society
Hold monthly meetings (except December and January), hold open days and talks at the demonstration garden and conduct workshops and organic gardening courses. Also COGS operates 10 community gardens for members use.
PO Box 347 Dickson ACT 2602
http://www.cogs.asn.au/
Gold Coast Organic Growers Inc
Gold Coast Queensland
The Gold Coast Organic Growers
club is located at The Meeting Place, Cnr
Guineas Creek Rd. and Coolgardie St, Elanora.
Our aim is ...
To promote organic sustainable food raising for
home gardens and farms.
To foster research into improved methods of
organic farming and gardening.
To provide information and support to all those
interested in the various aspects of organic
growing.
Meetings Held: 3rd Thursday of each month
The Meeting Place, Cnr Guineas Creek Rd. and
Coolgardie St, Elanora.
Doors open 7.00 pm; Begin at 7.30 pm
Entry is $1 members, $3 visitors.
www.goldcoastorganicgrowers.org.au
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Henry Doubleday Research Association of Australia
Subscription to Natural Growing, demonstration centre, trials, seed bank
816 Comleroy Rd Kurrajong NSW 2758
Ph 02 45761220
Seed Savers Network
Member organisation promoting the preserving and distribution of seeds
PO Box 975 Byron Bay NSW 2481
Email:
info@seedsavers.net
www.seedsavers.net
Soil Association of SA
Promotes organic gardening and farming in SA
PO Box 2497 Adelaide SA 5001
Ph 08 82775385
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