The Basin Food is Free Project & Community Garden

04/04/2026

Fertiliser shortage? Not if your kitchen & garden waste makes enough compost and feeds your worm farm 💕🪱🌱🌸🍋
A great morning at the community garden, trimming grass, watering, planting garlic, harvesting veggies and seeds, feeding soil and plants with our compost bin contents and worm liquid. Followed by a well-deserved cuppa and hot cross bun. Thank you to our dedicated small crew xx

01/01/2026

06/10/2025

Colchester Park Kindergarten representative Chantel collecting the veggie seedlings grown and watered with 💚 by our volunteers. The kinder kids are re-developing their food garden this term 🎉🥬🍅🫛🥒🎃

17/09/2025

06/09/2025

A huge thank you to members & guests who came along to our AGM! Special appreciation goes to our guest speaker Peter Dobson who shared a wonderful insight into the history of The Basin & his rich family history of food production in the area: we truly valued your contribution.

We’d also like to thank Cr Paige Kennett for making the time to join us. 🌿💚

We’re excited to welcome our new committee for the year ahead:
• President – Linda
• Vice President – Cathy
• Secretary – Heather & Serena (shared role)
• Treasurer – Heather
• General Members – Elise, Rose & Serena

We look forward to working together and to another fruitful year in the garden!

22/08/2025

One more sleep to go! Are you coming to our AGM 2pm Sat 30 August? A great opportunity to reconnect with The Basin community garden, even if you haven't been for a while!

Where?
On-site at the Food Is Free community garden - 2 Liverpool Rd, Boronia (enter via Gate 1)

• Hear our guest speaker Peter Dobson, whose family has been farming and growing food in The Basin for many generations...

• Learn what we've been up to in the past year...

• Welcome our next committee...

• Check out our early Spring garden! (bring a bag to harvest something to take home)

• Enjoy a cuppa and snack!

Currently the weather forecast is for light rain, but fear not - we have two marquees plus space inside our shed.

We'd really love to see you there. Please would you kindly RSVP to help us plan? and ensure there's cake for you 😉https://www.facebook.com/events/1271252633976337

12/08/2025

We warmly invite you, our local community! We’re delighted to have as our guest speaker Peter Dobson, who will share about his own local food-growing and educational activities through Tamarisk Farm, and the connection to his family's long history of food farming in The Basin.