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Richmond Community Garden is located at 235 River Road & Riverlution at 46a Vogel Street.
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We support the local community by teaching self-sufficiency through growing veggies while having fun.
📅 Garden Days: Mon, Wed, 3rd Sat
🕙 Time: 10 am - 1 pm Richmond Community Garden
is located at 46a Vogel Street on the edge of the River Road Red Zone. For a few years, this mixed community garden has been neglected, The Earthquake in 2011 meant that the local community halved and volunteers moved away or no longer had any interest in maintaining it. We believe with a well-established community garden, will help those in need in our community, (we are looking at selling the extra produce to raise funds) it will bring a community on the edge of the red zone new life, it will give an interest to those who wish to help. Over time we are looking to run classes to teach people who want to learn more about horticulture or gardening. We welcome volunteers to help create a beautiful veggie garden for our community to enjoy. To subscribe to our newsletter email: [email protected]

29/09/2026

Kia ora whānau 🌱

The school holidays are here, and plenty is happening at Riverlution this week. Come for an event and stay for a play, a kai or a wander through the gardens.

🧺 Spring Garden Picnic Party – Thursday 1 October, 11am–1pm
Shirley Library are bringing the library van to the garden for a free picnic party. There'll be Winnie-the-Pooh storytimes, a spring garden scavenger hunt and hands-on crafts. Bring a picnic blanket and your favourite food, and meet the team at the library van. No bookings needed. It's best suited to preschoolers and primary-aged tamariki and their whānau. If the weather turns, it moves to Friday 2 October, same time.
📍 50 Vogel Street
https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a8bad3660ccaf01c0207726

🪱 Compost Crew with Damion – Thursday 1 October, 10am–1pm
Get your hands in the compost and help turn garden waste into good soil.
📍https://www.facebook.com/share/1Ef1N7yJs6/

🥧 Wanderers in the mud kitchen – Thursday morning
Wild Wanders will be on site making the most of our mud kitchen. Expect happy, muddy little ones!

🍄 Fungi Whānau – Sunday 4 October, 9:30–11:30am
📍https://www.facebook.com/share/19dMN89hvU/

☕ Riverlution Café
Pop in for a toastie in the sun or grab one of our games for the kids. Open Mon–Fri 9am–2pm, Sat 8am–3pm, Sun 9am–3pm.

🥕 Every Saturday
Start with Parkrun at 8am, then wander over to the Riverlution Farmers Market from 9am–12:30pm for local produce and baking.

🌊 Move Like the River – World Rivers Day
Sunday Ocotber 4th, 10am–2pm | North Frame, by the Band Rotunda and Ōtākaro Orchard | FREE
A whānau day celebrating our urban rivers and the people who care for them. There were free waka and kayak experiences, face painting, the Bupa Kids Zone, live music from Adam McGrath and the Eastern, a pop-up dance troupe, community and environmental stalls, a gold coin sausage sizzle, and kai from Orchard.
📍 https://www.facebook.com/events/27905945249044635

See you in the garden 💚

24/09/2026

$2 Bush Shirt Raffle at Riverlution Cafe! Pop by to get a few tickets and see if you get the shirt! 50B Vogel Street. Richmond Community Garden

24/09/2026

Have questions about the community, what's happening, what volunteer opportunities are available, what We are Richmond does and more?
Come say hi this Saturday 22 Aug between 9am-12:30pm when we have a stall at the Riverlution Farmers Market in the Richmond Community Garden!
Rachel will be there to have a chat and talk anything and everything Richmond and the wider community.
Look for the green We are Richmond flag!

24/09/2026

Spring is here, and our little mākete is back with it. Every Saturday, 9am–12:30pm, right at the heart of Richmond Community Garden on the City to Sea Pathway, near the new playground at Avebury.

This week: come say kia ora to the mākete whānau, grab some beans from RAD Roastery, and check out ethēra, here for the first time with handmade natural soaps made right here in Ōtautahi. Local growers and makers bring fresh veggies, fruit, artisan bread, and handcrafted treats. Live music runs from folk to jazz. Bring your own bags and cups.

Stick around after the Riverlution Parkrun, grab a brew from the Riverlution Café, and let the kids loose at the playground while you soak it in. Come grow this with us.

16/09/2026

Kia ora e te whānau, he wiki whakahirahira tēnei — Te Wiki o te Reo Māori! (This week is a special one — Māori Language Week!)

What a mahi-filled weekend and start to the week in the garden.

We kicked off with the Festival of Adult Learning, alongside ACE Aotearoa and Foraging and Growing Corner. Our trusted trustees taught the art of weaving garden beds with hazel, resulting in two beautiful new woven beds! The mahi carried on at today's garden session, and we'll pick it back up this Saturday at our monthly garden session.

Foraging Corner also shared their knowledge on air layering, while Fungi Whānau got stuck into all things fungi.

Meanwhile, Jeremy and our amazing volunteers have been hard at it planting seedlings, building up stock ready for Spring Fair.

So many happy faces and so much skill-sharing this week; connection really is key.

Happy gardening 🌱
Mā te wā

28/05/2026

What's happening at Richmond Community Garden & Riverlution this June? 🌱⬇

Join us this month for lots of gardening, crafting, composting, markets, olive picking, fungi learning, repair events, kai (food) & coffee (and lots more). All happening within our local community 💚

🌱 Gardening Sessions, every Mon*, Wed & Sat 20th
🪡 Crafternoons, every Tuesday
🧺 Riverlution Farmer's Market & Parkrun, every Sat (with a special Pink Ribbon Morning on Sat 6th 💕)
🪱 Community Composting, Thursday 4th
🫒 Olive Picking Week, Sat 6th-Sun 14th
🍄 Fungi Whānau, Sun 7th
🔨 Repair Revolution, Tues 16th
☕ Riverlution Café (open every day)
*No gardening session on Mon 1st June (public holiday)

20/04/2026

Just a reminder our Riverlution Eco Hub is closed for ANZAC weekend. However, the garden never closes so our regular Monday gardening session is on from 10am-1pm and the gardens are open for you all to enjoy 👏👩‍🌾🌱

Riverlution Café is open all weekend and lots of great events this weekend too!

Address

235 River Road
Christchurch
8013

Website

https://richmondcommunitygarden.co.nz/

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