| Blue Mountains |
Farm It Forward
1 Badgery Crescent, Lawson NSW
Website
Description: Farm It Forward is a social enterprise connecting Blue Mountains landowners and local young people who are passionate about growing food. The project develops skills and creates training and job opportunities, while tackling social isolation and giving meaning to life, issues for young and old, isolated and less mobile people.
Volunteering Opportunities? Yes
Further information: Visit can be arranged by appointment, We accept volunteer applications
Contact:
Emmanuela Prigioni
0424 367 722
garden@lyttletonstores.com.au
Categories: Children/Youth, Aged Care/Elderly, Mental Health
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| Central Coast (San Remo) |
JandBfoundation
28 Brava Ave, San Remo NSW 2622
Website
Description: Therapeutic Sensory Garden
Volunteering Opportunities? Yes
Further information: Anyone can "drop in" during opening hours, Visit can be arranged by appointment, Call to arrange a meeting time
Contact:
Lisa Mossman
0455 622 662
info@jandbfoundation.org
Categories: Mental Health, Community Gardens, Womens & young mothers
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| Lismore |
Sensory garden at St Carthages Primary School
2 Dawson St, Lismore NSW 2480
Website
Description: Sensory garden for use by the school children in the Autism spectrum and as an integrated playspace for the school community
Volunteering Opportunities? No
Further information: Members of the public cannot visit our project - email/phone contact only
Contact:
Patrick Regnault - Interactive Landscapes
0408429646
info@interactivelandscapes.com.au
Categories: Children/Youth, Disability, Community Gardens, Schools
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| Sydney (Darlinghurst) |
Street Growth
St John’s Church grounds, 121 Darlinghurst Rd, Darlinghurst NSW 2011
Website
Description: Street Growth is a not-for-profit charity focusing on mental health issues, aiming to improve the lives of homeless and disadvantaged individuals. The garden runs weekly though a growing season, providing meaning, purpose, support and opportunity to the homeless and disadvantaged.
Volunteering Opportunities? Yes
Further information: Anyone can "drop in" during opening hours, Visit can be arranged by appointment, We accept volunteer applications
Contact:
Darius
0421821978
streetgrowth@gmail.com
Categories: Aged Care/Elderly, Indigenous, Homeless, Disability, Dementia, Mental Health, Community Gardens
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| Sydney (Dural) |
Warrah Farm
20 Harris Rd, Dural NSW 2158
Website
Description: Warrah is a Rudolf Steiner organisation providing a range of engaging, responsive services for children and adults with intellectual disability that maximise each person's capacity for self-determination, creativity and contribution. We have a 30-acre site with a thriving certified biodynamic farm, with onsite farm shop open to the public. We offer a range of social therapeutic opportunities linked to the farm including horticulture, farming, landscaping and nursery skills.
Volunteering Opportunities? Yes
Further information: Anyone can ""drop in"" during opening hours, Visit can be arranged by appointment, We accept volunteer applications
Contact:
Rob Greatholder
0422 031 083
rgreatholder@warrah.org
Categories: Children/Youth, Aged Care/Elderly, Indigenous, Homeless, Disability, Dementia, Mental Health, Physical Rehabilitation, Community Gardens, Horticultural Training, Schools
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| Sydney (Henley) |
Henley Green Community Garden/ The Happy Hens
Henley Community Centre
2A Crown Street
HENLEY NSW
Website
Description: The Happy Hens Social Enterprise Inc. is an ACNC registered not for profit organisation, which began in 2016 with 3 friends who wanted to make a difference to their community. We started a community garden in Bedlam Bay, the old Gladesville Hospital, and then our larger scale project at Henley Green Community Garden, which is now thriving. We aim to connect people of all generations by providing inclusive activities. We connect with many community groups and councils to do this.
Volunteering Opportunities? Yes
Further information: Please email us for more information and so one of our core volunteers can connect with you you
Contact:
Emma Paxton
0403 822 099
happyhensent@gmail.com.au
Categories: Aged Care/Elderly, Disability, Community Gardens
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| Sydney (Miranda) |
St Basil's Aged Care
St Basil's Miranda
5-29H Wandella Rd,
Miranda NSW 2228
Website
Description: In early May, ACGS (Aged Care Gardens Sydney) came together with the staff, residents, & family of St. Basil's Aged Care in Miranda with the goal of brightening up their Dementia Unit Sensory Garden. Using a rainbow paint scheme inspired by Steven Wells, the end result is stunning, bright & brings a load of vibrancy and colour to create a fun and uplifting atmosphere. The process enabled residents to help make their garden a fantastic place to be.
Volunteering Opportunities? Yes
Further information: Members of the public cannot visit our project - email/phone contact only
Contact:
Lucy
accounts@centraloak.com.au
Categories: Aged Care/Elderly, Dementia, Horticultural Training, Retirement Village Garden Maintenance and Horticultural Therapy
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| Sydney (Panania) |
Panania Free Rangers Inc
Panania, NSW
Website
Description: We are a teeny-tiny not for profit community development org working on various local projects where we use our collective creativity to weave social and therapeutic horticulture into all that we do. We work with kids in schools as garden mentors allowing them to create their own unique spaces in and around the school. We run a fortnightly seeding session with a random group of interested peeps to ensure the seedlings we use in schools are organic and our new 2019 project "Gardening with Gran".
Our project locations: Punchbowl Public School, East Hills Girls Public School, Revesby Uniting Church, Chester Hill Community Garden
Volunteering Opportunities? Yes
Further information: Visit can be arranged by appointment, We accept volunteer applications
Contact:
Jacquie Dredge
0408 395 808
jaq@pananiafreerangers.org
Categories: Children/Youth, Aged Care/Elderly, Horticultural Training, Schools
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| Sydney (Richmond) |
Secret Garden & Nursery
Clydesdale Lane, Western Sydney University, Richmond 2753
Website
Description: Therapeutic horticulture garden and nursery. A Community Hub managed by North West Disability Services encompassing fifteen acres of gardens and activities.
Volunteering Opportunities? Yes
Further information: Anyone can ""drop in"" during opening hours, We accept volunteer applications
Contact:
0414 784460
secretgarden@nwds.org.au
Categories: Disability, Mental Health, Community Gardens, Schools
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| Sydney (Ryde) |
Royal Rehab Clinical Horticultural Therapy and Productive Garden
235 Morrison Road, Ryde NSW 2112
Website
Description: For community clients, we provide clinical horticultural therapy at a variety of locations including Royal Rehab, in clients’ home or in local community gardens. Our clinical horticultural therapist will work with community clients to address their rehabilitation goals in the garden. Sessions can be conducted on a 1:1 basis or in a group setting.
For our inpatients, the Productive Garden is available to use with any clinician as part of rehabilitation therapy.
Volunteering Opportunities? No
Further information: Email enquiries.
Contact:
productivegarden@royalrehab.com.au
Categories: Disability, Physical Rehabilitation
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| Sydney (Westmead) |
Sensory Garden - Sydney Childrens' Hospital
Cnr Hawkesbury Rd & Hainsworth Street Westmead NSW 2145
Website
Description: We have created a sensory garden at Westmead Sydney Children's hospital. Full of colour and edible plants. We will have finished the project by September 2019 and will have lots of photos to share. Please get in touch if you would like further information on this project.
Volunteering Opportunities? Yes
Further information: Go to the Children's hospital to take a look
Contact:
Robert Lark
0413 052 377
accounts@centraloak.com.au
Categories: Children/Youth, Aged Care/Elderly, Dementia, Community Gardens
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