Dernancourt Community Garden

Dernancourt Community Garden New gardening members welcome. Following a survey to residents across the City, around 200 affirmative responses were received.

Open to the public on Saturdays from 10:00am - 12 midday.
**enquire to find out if Individual plots are available**
Email: [email protected] In late 2009, Council resolved to investigate the feasibility of a new community garden for the City of Tea Tree Gully, in light of the popularity of Wynn Vale Community Garden set up in the mid-1990s. A location was subsequently selected,

start-up funding approved by Council and, in early 2012, a new community garden began to unfold at Lyons Reserve, Dernancourt. A volunteer Management Committee meet regularly to discuss garden design, infrastructure, and administrative matters. It is envisaged that the garden will be a place of learning, socialising and friendships across demographics, ages and abilities for many years to come. Residents of TTG are welcome to register their interest to participate, ask questions and share their ideas with the Management Committee. Please contact us at: [email protected]

A self seeded sunflower bringing mid week cheer.
19/05/2026

A self seeded sunflower bringing mid week cheer.

Keep an eye out for rodents in your garden at the moment. If you use baits, first generation rodent bait is wildlife fri...
16/05/2026

Keep an eye out for rodents in your garden at the moment. If you use baits, first generation rodent bait is wildlife friendly to avoid secondary poisoning of predators such as owls.

Perfect timing, we picked our own dragonfruit to share during our working bee this morning. The verdict: delicious!! ...
16/05/2026

Perfect timing, we picked our own dragonfruit to share during our working bee this morning. The verdict: delicious!!

Chinese pink celery is one of those garden harvests that’s almost too pretty to cook. Its blush-pink outer stems and pal...
10/05/2026

Chinese pink celery is one of those garden harvests that’s almost too pretty to cook. Its blush-pink outer stems and pale centre make it as striking on the chopping board as it is in the garden.

It’s a bit different from regular celery too — the flavour is stronger and more concentrated, so a little goes a long way. It’s best sliced a little finer and works beautifully in soups, slow-cooked dishes, stir-fries and stocks where that deeper celery flavour can really shine.

Beautiful to look at, even better to cook with.

It’s taken a bit if effort and a few replantings but we have land cress growing in with our brassicas. We have read that...
09/05/2026

It’s taken a bit if effort and a few replantings but we have land cress growing in with our brassicas. We have read that cabbage white moths are attracted to this and will lay their eggs on it, but the leaves are poisonous to the caterpillars. We hope it will work - time will tell! It doesn’t work on grasshoppers who feasted on some of our first brassica plantings!

If you’re interested in joining a community garden and live in Tea Tree Gully council area or nearby, consider coming al...
07/05/2026

If you’re interested in joining a community garden and live in Tea Tree Gully council area or nearby, consider coming along and giving us a hand. Belonging to a community garden requires more than just looking after your own space. It’s about meeting new people, learning new thing, sharing your skills and working together to maintain and develop a shared community space. Please send an email to [email protected] or a message via Facebook Messenger if you are interested or would like to know more.

Size matters. We are looking for donations of pots (10cm or smaller) and some punnets (only in excellent condition) to u...
22/04/2026

Size matters. We are looking for donations of pots (10cm or smaller) and some punnets (only in excellent condition) to use in the garden. We have plenty of large pots, and only need clean pots 10cm across in round or square. if you can help please send a message via Facebook Messenger.

Has anyone tried blue spice basil? First time growing it, one our members popped it in sugar free lychee lemonade and th...
22/04/2026

Has anyone tried blue spice basil? First time growing it, one our members popped it in sugar free lychee lemonade and the verdict.. delicious!
What other basils do you grow and how do you use them?

Update:We think all compost bins have found new homes, provided they can be collected. Any future enquiries will be put ...
20/04/2026

Update:
We think all compost bins have found new homes, provided they can be collected. Any future enquiries will be put on a waiting list in case any requests fall through.

Do you make your own compost or would like to give it a go? We have several plastic compost bins for composting to give away to another community garden or individuals. Email [email protected] or send a message via Facebook messenger. Note these are for garden/personal use only and are not to be resold.

Here’s something different. Have you ever seen (or tasted) Chinese pink stemmed celery? Not as wide as regular celery st...
15/04/2026

Here’s something different. Have you ever seen (or tasted) Chinese pink stemmed celery? Not as wide as regular celery stems but lots of them.

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210 Lyons Road, Dernancourt
Adelaide, SA
5075

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10am - 12pm

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