Aintree Community Garden.

Timbertop Community Centre, 1 Timbertop Parade, Aintree Victoria

Up Coming Workshops & Events

  • Ever wanted to make your own kombucha? Kombucha is a delicious, healthy, carbonated fermented drink (non-alcoholic) made from tea. You will receive a Kombucha making kit to take home and make your first batch of kombucha in this class! Bookings are required EARLY so we can organise your kit for you.

    Workshop Level: Intermediate
    Saturday July 5th at 9.30am
    Bookings Open in May

  • This is a community garden workshop at Stevenson House Community Centre, Caroline Springs. Come and learn how to plant your garden for Spring with crop rotation, soil amendments, and crop selection for spring vegetables and herbs. This workshop will also include a local growers produce swap - bring home grown produce, or home made preserves and swap with others.

    Workshop Level: Beginner

    Where: Stevenson House, 10 Stevenson Crescent, Caroline Springs
    When: Wednesday July 30, at 9.30am-10.30am

  • Much of what we harvest in our garden can come all at once, especially fruit! Join Jen from Bliss by Waddell & Co as she help you with some delicious recipes to use up that summer glut you may have frozen or preserved.

    Workshop Level: Beginner-Intermediate
    Saturday Aug 2nd at 1.00pm
    Bookings Now Open
    Aintree Community Garden, 1 Timbertop Parade, Aintree

  • Come and learn about pruning deciduous fruit trees at Kurunjang Community Hub. At this workshop we will look at identifying different types of buds, pruning for health, pruning for fruit production and what types of shapes different trees need.

    Workshop Level: Beginner

    Where: Kurunjang Community Hub, 35 Mowbray Cres, Kurunjang
    When: TBC

  • The Aintree Community Garden is full of Foodcube wicking beds, a water efficient, self watering garden bed. Join with wicking bed expert Darren from Foodcube as he explains how wicking beds work and how to get the most out of them.

    Workshop Level: Beginner-Intermediate
    Saturday October 4th at 9.30am
    Bookings Open in September
    Aintree Community Garden, 1 Timbertop Parade, Aintree

  • As part of Victorian Seniors Week, our Seniors Spring Garden Party is a chance for Seniors to enjoy a delicious morning tea and live music in the delightful surrounds of the spring vegetables & herbs in Aintree Community Garden.

    Tickets are just $15 per person. Bookings via Eventbrite are essential

    This event is proudly supported by Melton Council & We Love Aintree.

    When: Thursday October 30 at 10am-12pm
    Where: Aintree Community Garden, 1 Timbertop Pde, Aintree.

  • Come and learn from Horticultural expert Sharon Vis about sustainable garden design and food security. Sharon will help you design a food garden that maximises food security, working with nature with permaculture principals.

    Workshop Level: Beginner-Intermediate
    Saturday Nov 1st at 9.30am
    Aintree Community Garden, 1 Timbertop Parade, Aintree

How you can join in:

  • Maintenance Mondays

    Maintenance Mondays get people together at 10am-11am each week, helping to maintain crops, prepare beds for workshops, harvest excess produce, have a cuppa and co-ordinate food swaps. We are also wanting to host working bees on the weekend, however we require some volunteer community members to commit to help us co-ordinate this - if this is you, contact us

  • Food for Food Security

    We trying to fight food insecurity in the city of Melton. We’re doing this by growing produce for The Community Grocer’s Kurunjang Market, and by having the garden open at all times. With signs and online videos indicating to the community what can be harvested and how to harvest it, people can have 24/7 access to locally grown fresh produce.

  • Community Workshops

    We host monthly workshops and events in the garden for community members from right across Melbourne to attend and gain some practical knowledge about food growing, biodiversity and sustainability. Some workshops are offered for free, otherwise prices generally start at $20/pp

  • School Workshops & Tours

    We host sustainability workshops for School, Kinder, ELC, Home School, or OSH groups of any age (4 year olds to 18 year olds). We often have funding available for school activities, but these limited spots fill up fast each year. Workshops start at $250. Contact us for more.

  • Corporate Volunteering

    If your business is looking for a space to do your corporate volunteering, we have multiple opportunities each year both here in the garden, and on revegetation sites for corporate volunteering. Learn about the environment and sustainability, and bond with your colleagues while working and eating together. As this is a fundraiser for our organisation, prices start at $85/per head. Contact us for more information.

  • Use the Garden as a Venue

    Community Groups, Disability Support Services, Scouts, Schools, Kinders, and more can book the garden to use as a venue for your own programming or social event. You must book and your booking does not include any input/workshops from us. We do request a small financial donation to the Garden from your group as thanks. Guidelines around what you can/can’t do in the space will vary depending on the time of year, so plan to be self sufficient.