Community Gardens of South Dunedin
While we were completing our community engagement phase, many people gave feedback about the desire for community gardens in South Dunedin. As there are already several established community gardens in the area, the challenge for Dream South D was to try and raise the profile of these bountiful gardens, and help connect the community, garden representatives and volunteers to share knowledge and resources.
To this end, representatives of several local gardens met with Dream South D. From this connection, an exchange of excess produce from Musselburgh Heart and Soil Community Garden to Able Minds and Catholic Social Services started. Both Able Minds and CSS host regular free meals for community members, so this was a very helpful way to support them, and to ensure that no food was wasted.
Able Minds hosted a visit to their community garden and provided a delicious lunch made with produce from their garden. They also invited SuperGrans along, as an organisation who teaches cooking skills and can bridge the gap between produce and meals.
If you’d like to be involved, or to learn more about any of these local community gardens, they can be found at:
Musselburgh Heart and Soil Community Garden
Location: Musselburgh School, 34 Marlow St
Web: www.dmec.org.nz/community-garden
Info: Set up by Musselburgh School and Dunedin Multicultural Council, with working bees every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month, 10-12pm
Contact: garden@dmec.org.nz
Tomahawk Community Garden
Location: Ocean Grove Recreation Reserve, 28 Oregon St
Web: www.facebook.com/TomahawkCommunityGarden
Info: Creating a vibrant community through togetherness, shared gardening, learning to grow food, and enjoying coffee and kai in the garden
Contact: tomahawkcommunitygarden@gmail.com
Able Minds Community Garden
Location: Able Minds Activity Centre, 2 Calder St
Web: www.able.org.nz/dunedin-activities-and-foodshare.html
Info: Activity Centre members use produce from the garden to support Dunedin
Foodshare parcels, all while learning new skills and making connections for health and wellbeing
Contact: admin@able.org.nz
Catholic Social Services
Location: 42 Macandrew Rd
Info: Meet on Mondays to garden, provides kai for the Monday Community Lunch
Contact: lynne.toomey@gmail.com
