About
We’re on the corner of North and Farrell Streets Yandina. Queensland
Open Tuesday, 8.00 am to 2.00 pm & Saturday, 8.00 am to 12.00 noon.
Yandina Community Gardens is a permaculture garden established for the community to gain practical skills in growing their own food. It also features an old Queensland weatherboard house retrofitted to demonstrate practical solutions to changing your home to be more sustainable. Below are listed more features of the gardens you can explore and learn about when you visit the gardens. Open Tuesdayy 8am -2pm and Saturdays 8am -12 noon Volunteers are vital to the running of Yandina Community Gardens and are always welcome.
· The Community Gardens demonstrate organic food production using Permaculture design principles.
· Water-wise tropical vegetables are propagated in the nursery for the gardens and are made available to the public for a donation.
· Our water-efficient aquaponics project produces organic vegetables and fish.
· Sustainable living projects demonstrate energy-efficiency and the use of renewable resources, for example the solar hot water and photo-voltaic systems on The Blue House roof and the straw bale shelter for the garden volunteers.
· The Gardens are a venue for Permaculture education and are a meeting place for members of the Yandina and Sunshine Coast community.
If you would like to look at what demonstration plantings we have around the house you can download a pdf of the GARDEN SIGNS
Organic gardening students erecting bamboo tripod
Volunteers and new members welcome
About Maroochy Community Permaculture Group Inc.
Maroochy Community Permaculture Group Inc. (MCPG) is a not for profit organisation of volunteers. The Yandina Community Gardens is our home.
The aim of the group is to maintain and develop the Yandina Community Gardens as a demonstration of urban permaculture food production for members of the community, schools and other organisations.
History
In 2002 MCPG Inc. established Yandina Community Gardens on two disused tennis courts and a basketball court in Farrell Street Yandina.
· A heritage Queenslander, now known as ‘The Blue House’, was re-located on the corner of North and Farrell Streets and was leased to MCPG, who were authorised to coordinate its renovation and landscaping.
· Local, state and federal government funding has assisted the Maroochy Community Permaculture Group Inc to develop the Yandina Community Gardens into a well-established education facility – an ‘Eco-versity”.
Contact us by email at info(at)yandinacommunitygardens.com.au or drop in on Saturday or Tuesday mornings.
Making the cob oven