The Rochedale Community Garden is a permaculture garden using sustainable gardening principles located on private land at 160 Rochedale Road, Rochedale.It is available to community members for food production and education relating to growing food sustainably.
Rochedale has traditionally been a farming area but is in the process of having the fertile farming land being redeveloped for residential, commercial and light industrial purposes as part of the Rochedale Master Plan.
The garden site is bounded to the north by a semi-permanent waterway which eventually flows into Bulimba Creek. The total area available for the community garden is approximately 1650m2 The southern part of the area has native trees growing.
The initial focus of the project has been to develop a site plan which can be implemented over time. Priority has been given to the construction of community facilities including shelter, compost production, community garden plots and some individual plots.
The following facilities have been identified as desirable and it is proposed that the garden design will eventually include all of these things.
- Shelter and food prep area
- Table and chairs
- Tool Shed (plus combination lock)
- Wheel barrows and tools
- Water storage (water pump?)
- Composting area
- Hoses and taps
- First aid kit
- Potting and propogating area with (washing facilities for hands a nd produce)
- Hot house
- Shade house
- Potable water
- Sign-on book
- Message Board
- Herb Spiral
- Community garden beds
- Individual member plots
- Orchard
- Mulcher
- Composting toilet
- Signage (“Welcome to RCG”)
- Shelving or bench for excess produce swapping
- Native Bees
- Chickens
- Cobb Oven
- Aquaculture pond