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Kelmarna Community Farm

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🌱40+ yr old urban farm
🥕building climate friendly local food system that supports community health
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Through rebuilding connections between our people and our food, we work to champion and demonstrate a regenerative local food system that supports climate change mitigation, urban resilience and community wellbeing. We do this by connecting children with food production and natural systems, training adults in regenerative food growing, and supporting people affected by mental health issues or intellectual disability to garden for therapy. Situated on 1.7 hectares (4.5 acres) of council-owned land, as part of Hukanui Reserve, Kelmarna is a busy, small farm, largely tucked away behind rows of houses on Hukanui Crescent and Kelmarna Avenue. On our north-facing slopes you will find vegetable beds, a food forest, bee hives, layer hens, our community composting hub Soil Factory, and Jafa, a Welsh Timor pony. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the gardens seven days a week, and can buy our produce from the Farm Shop on Wednesdays (10am - 4pm) and Saturdays (9am - 12pm). Check out our website for more information about what happens here, and how you can get involved.

22/09/2026

📍October Monthly Hui: Tuesday 6th October, 7pm on Zoom.

In our Waste to Wonder, we will hear from Sarah McFadden, who is General Manager of Kelmarna Community Farm a charitable urban farm in central Auckland.

She’ll be talking about Kelmarna’s Corporate & Team Experiences programme, and how a ‘get your hands dirty’ day on the farm has become a genuine revenue stream for the organisation.

If you’re a member, you should have received the zoom link via email. If not, sign up to be a member (free) in the link in our bio.

Hope to see you there! 🪱💩

20/09/2026

To make starting your summer garden easy, we have a range of different ready made seedling boxes for you to choose from.

For example, here we have a Kiwi Classic Medium for $50 with 11 organic plants from a range of the following: tomatoes, basil, spring onion, parsley, silverbeet, lettuce, cucumber, strawberry, chilli, and a flower.

Pre order your seedling box and/or compost bag, and collect at the seedling sale on Saturday 10 October, 10am-1pm (or the week afterwards during farm hours).

Link in bio to pre order 🌟

18/09/2026

We are so pleased to welcome Tane Feary and Deborah Ward to the Kelmarna Board of Trustees! 💚

Tane was raised around harbours, Islands and ngahere in Te Tai Tokerau (Northland) and Taamaki Makaurau (Auckland). He has a passion for te taiao and regenerative kai systems. Proud uncle of 4. Keen advocate for urban farming and agroecology. Enjoys food foresting.

A long time fan of Kelmarna, Deb joined the Board in June 2026 after completing the Farmhands programme. She has extensive experience in fundraising, events, and communications, with a career largely spent in the social impact sector both in Aotearoa and the UK, currently working at Auckland City Mission - Te Tāpui Atawhai. Deb was brought up in a gardening family and has many fond memories of raiding her grandparents’ vegetable gardens and fruit trees, and days of her childhood summers helping at her cousin’s market garden up north. She is keenly interested in regenerative organic gardening and holds a wish for Aotearoa that everyone has access to healthy, nutritious, well-grown food.

Nau mai Tane and Deb! It is wonderful to have you guiding and shaping the future of Kelmarna.

14/09/2026

We are looking for some extra hands at our seed sowing working bees on Wednesday afternoons 3pm-6pm with Sarah-Lilly 🌱 Just show up if you’re free to help!

If you’re keen to get involved at the actual Seedling Sale event on Saturday 10 October, we have a range of volunteer roles that we would love some support in. Please fill out the form linked in our bio if you’re interested.

Thank you!

11/09/2026

Shaila’s popular cooking workshop is back, teaching you how to create delicious plant-based meals using high protein, nourishing, everyday ingredients.

Whether you’re just starting your healthy eating journey or looking for new inspiration in the kitchen, you’ll learn how to:

🫑 Choose and cook with whole, seasonal ingredients

🌶️ Use herbs and spices to boost taste without additives

🥗 Create simple, wholesome meals the whole family will enjoy

Expect practical tips, delicious tastings, and recipes you can take home and make again with confidence. Let’s celebrate real food and bring joy back to everyday cooking.

Tickets via the link in our bio.

10/09/2026

🌶️ Cool chilli spotlight 🌶️

We’re growing heaps of awesome organic chilli plants for our seedling sale, and most of them are coming from Setha Davenport.

Pictured here are some of what you can grow this summer: sugar rush peach, cayenne long thin, bishop’s crown, and jalapeño early.

Come along to the Seedling Sale on Saturday 10 October, 10am-1pm at Kelmarna Community Farm to pick up some of these fabulous varieties, and add heat to your favourite dishes!

📷 All images by Setha Davenport

05/09/2026

We have a lemon glut! Come on down to the Farm Shop to get organic lemons, and create some delicious lemon preserves 🍋

All you need is 8-10 lemons, 1/2 cup salt, 1/4 cup of sugar, and time. Method: Trim and quater lemons, toss with salt and sugar, cover and refrigerate overnight. The next day, transfer contents into a steralised jar and store in the refrigerator for 2 weeks-6 months.

Use your preserved lemons in salads, dressings, on vegetables or fish - the options are endless!

Recipe via serious eats.

FARM SHOP: Wednesdays 10am-4pm & Saturdays 9am-12pm

30/08/2026

Our spring seedling sale is coming up, and we need seedling pots, and lots of them! But we need a certain type.

Have you got any of the pots in this video lying around at home? If you do and no longer need them, we would so appreciate if you could drop them off at Kelmarna Community Farm.

Come by anytime and drop off your pots in our wheelie bin at the front gate. Thank you!!

P.S. Come along to our seedling sale & garden party on Sat 10 October, 10am-1pm to scoop up some lovely organic seedlings 🌱🌱

26/08/2026

Big news! Our spring seedling sale & garden party is back on Saturday 10 October ⭐️

Come on down to the farm 10am-1pm to get lovingly grown organic seedlings (tomatoes, chilli, zucchini, herbs, leafy greens and so much more), and stick around to soak up the atmosphere.

There will be coffee, live music, baked goods, a sausage sizzle, and more. Bring a bag or box for your seedlings and make a day of it.

📍 Kelmarna Community Farm (12 Hukanui Crescent, Ponsonby)

Celebrate the season with us and get your garden growing!

Address

12 Hukanui Crescent
Ponsonby
1021

Opening Hours

Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	9am - 12pm

Telephone

+6493760472

Website

http://www.kelmarna.co.nz/

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