Rockingham Community Garden

Louise Kaestner
Jan 12, 2025
2 min read

Source: Screenshot (2025)

Response from Rockingham Community Garden

On January 9, 2025, I received a response from Rockingham Community Garden in the City of Rockingham. It was the briefest of all my responses. However, it is not the length of the response but the information within the response. Even a brief response yields much information when added to a growin pool of information. All it takes is one drop for a cup to overflow.

What inspired you?

Attended a meeting to revitalise the Gardens and it went from there.

How long have you been running?

About 20 years

What was your original source of funding?

Council grant

How much was it?

About $20 000

What are your ongoing costs?

About $250 mostly insurance

How do you fund the garden now?

Renting our plots and plant sales plus grants

Any grants you recommend?

Anything you can get

What are your two best crops?

We rent out garden beds so it depends on what people want to grow

but tomatoes seem popular

What are your two worst crops?

Weeds and grass

Do you use fertiliser or worms?

Yes to both but organic fertilizer only were possible

Do you use any Indigenous crop?

We rent out garden beds so it depends on what people want to grow

but tomatoes seem popular

What is one tip or trick you’ve used that has impacted your success in a positive way?

Don't give up and be prepared to do the hard work!

What is one mistake in the garden you wished you’d never made?

Synthesis from Rockingham Community Garden Response

The Rockingham Community Garden is my sixth response. From here I see a picture building from all the responses, which is what I had in mind. There is an unofficial, but definate way, that community gardens become.

rockinghamcommunitygarden@gmail.com