Richmond
Richmond Community Garden
About
The Richmond Community Garden came together to rebuild the vegetable garden next to Avebury house after the earthquake. Thanks to a wonderful group of volunteers, the garden quickly grew and we expanded to 3 acres of red-zone land.Our goal is to make this space a permanent and special part of the Richmond community.
We want to grow enough food to share, host gardening and food preservation workshops for everyone to join and learn, and create a natural playground where families can hang out and have fun, right next to the paddling pool and existing playground. We're proud to be pioneers in promoting food resilience, ecological restoration, and community engagement in the Red Zone.
Our mission is to create a safe community space for our volunteers, locals, and wider network to enjoy, learn, and connect. We also aim to produce enough food to donate to food banks and for our community to harvest themselves. And on our 3 acres of land, we have a mix of native plants, perennials, food crops, fruit trees, and beautiful ornamental plants.
This community garden offers
Shared harvest and planting
Food forests
Accessible, wheelchair friendly toilets
Adaptive gardening tools
Outdoor seating
Shelter
Community Garden Information
Type of garden
Community garden - shared harvest and planting.
Organic Practices
Yes
Land Tenure
TBA
Size
Large
Greenhouse
No
2012
Contact Information
Make Compost
Harvesting Rules
Koha for produce. Take a little, leave a lot
Tools
Tools provided
Yes
Established
Gatherings
Workshops
We have 6 main events throughout the year for our community to enjoy. We also, host regular gathering four our neighbours and get to know each others and engage with our site. We have 1 to 4 workshops per week all listen on our website or facebook events.
We collaborated with Linwood College, once a week the students use to come and help around the garden. Also, every week we process Nourish Ōraka leftover school lunches to make compost
Main Contact
Morgane Honore
Email Address
admin@richmondcommunitygarden.co.nz
Garden Address
46A Vogel Street, Richmond, Christchurch 8013
Opening & working bee hours
Website & social media pages
We meet on Mondays, and Wednesdays from 9.30 am to 1:00 pm, and on Saturdays from 10:00 am to 1 pm. From November till the end of March, we meet for late-night gardening sessions from 6pm to 8pm Riverlution Eco hub is open Monday to Friday 9.30 am-4.00 pm and Saturday 10 am-1 pm
Website
Facebook Page
Supporters
Dementia Hohepa, We are Richmond, Envirohub, Horticulture Society, Nourish Ōraka, Avebury House, Avon Ōtākaro Network, Ōtakāro Orchard and Delta Community trust
Location