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FCGLP is a place for: intercultural & intergenerational connection & learning; building urban farming skills: linking with food security networks.

This project received funding from the Victorian Government through the West Gate Neighbourhood Fund.

02/10/2026

FCGALP’s open sessions will now be held on the first Saturday of every month. Next three dates are locked in, so see ya there!

If you have any questions or can’t make any of the sessions but still want to get involved, reach out and we’ll get you sorted 🤘🌻🐞

01/10/2026

Keen for a feed and maybe also a seedling? 🌱🪴🌻
FCGALP are booked in for a community stall at Edgewater Slow Foods Farmers Market this Saturday 2/10/26, come meet us there!

Location: Maribyrnong Family Park (Gordon St, just past the Aldi)
Time: 9am to 12:30pm

Slow Food Melbourne | Farmers’ Market

22/09/2026

Another wonderful morning in the garden! 🌱🥬

Helen harvested three boxes of beautiful fresh produce for Duke Street this morning, including celery, silverbeet and some very impressive fennel! 💚

With the warmer weather arriving, there’s plenty to do to keep our garden watered, healthy and thriving. 🌱💦

We’re always happy to welcome new people! Come along to one of our Open Sessions or Working Bees (new sessions announced soon), or get in touch if you’d like to help with some of the little jobs during the week.

A big thank you to Helen for her wonderful Tuesday morning harvesting and for helping us share fresh produce with our community. 💚🌿

17/09/2026

Another great harvest from the garden this week! 🌱🥬

Our volunteers have been busy harvesting a wonderful selection of fresh produce, including plenty of leafy greens, silverbeet, celery, fennel and herbs.

We’ve also been preparing the garden for the next round of planting, clearing space in the beds so some of the plants and seedlings that have been growing in the greenhouse can finally make their way out into the garden.

With spring here, there’s plenty happening… harvesting, planting, growing and preparing for the season ahead.

Another productive week in our wonderful community garden!

01/09/2026

Spring has sprung! 🌱🌸

Helen was joined by Mary this week for the weekly harvest, gathering a great crop for the Duke St Community House Food Relief Program.

The garden provided a beautiful selection of daikon, chillies, peas, broccoli and mixed greens. 🥦🫛🌶️

With spring now here, there’s plenty happening in the garden and lots to look forward to over the coming months.

Open Session this Saturday 🌿

We’ll be open this Saturday from 10am–12 noon.

Come down, help with the garden jobs, have a wander through the garden, see what’s growing, meet some of our community and enjoy the garden as it springs into a new season.

Everyone is welcome! 🌱

04/08/2026

Look at that harvest whanau! Come along to our open session this weekend if you’re keen to see how we get our garden to this stage.

At the moment celery is our vegetable at the moment that just keeps on giving along with an assortment of very colourful leafy “greens”. This week we’ve also gotten some beetroots, radishes, broccolini, cabbage, spring onions, tomatoes and some herbs! Not too shabby 🥬🍄🤘

15/07/2026

Native plants fans better lock in August 9th on the calendar, cos we’ve got a vollie from TreeProject coming to speak with us at the next open session!

TreeProject are doing some amazing work supporting and returning sustainable, indigenous ecosystems across Victoria. Go check out their page or website to learn more, and come along on 09/08/26 to the GALP’s open session to hear from one of their incredible volunteers!

11/07/2026

Another lovely open morning in the garden with a small but dedicated group of volunteers.

Together we weeded the garden beds, turned the compost, hilled up the potato bed, learned from Paul about the worm farm, and, most importantly, enjoyed each other’s company.

There was even time to get creative and make some art!

These mornings are about so much more than gardening, they’re about growing friendships, sharing knowledge, and building a stronger community, one morning at a time. We look forward to seeing you next time.

07/07/2026

After enjoying a well deserved rest from harvesting, our community garden was ready to give again, and this morning’s harvest was a rewarding one.

Three crates of fresh, seasonal produce were delivered to our friends at Duke Street, where they will be shared through tomorrow’s food bank.

The stars of today’s harvest were crisp celery, an abundance of leafy greens and fragrant parsley. We also picked radishes, chillies, lemons, basil and aubergines, and were delighted to harvest our very first two blood oranges, a small but exciting milestone for the garden.

The day began wrapped in fog and cloud, but by this afternoon the sunshine had broken through, providing the perfect ending to a productive day in the garden.

04/07/2026

Compost update 🪏🪏🪏

A new bombshell has entered the villa - the GALP now has a new compost team! We are getting organised to keep the garden’s compost bays productive, and to figure out ways to get the community more involved this year.

Wanna know more about composting? Come check out the set up at one of our upcoming open sessions, or reach out for a chat!

Address

30a Pickett Street
Footscray, VIC
3011

Website

http://footscraycommunitygarden.net/

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