UNSW Community Permaculture Garden

Chickens in the community garden have proven popular with both children and adults.

The birds are housed in an enclosure in the orchard where they are fed kitchen and garden scraps and where they forage in the soil.

The main path was designed to pass through all areas of the garden and was made wide enough to accommodate groups of visitors.

Signs placed along the way highlight particular features and plants and are an important educational component.

Landscaping features such as the bridge and the winding paths bring an element of mystery to the garden.

In the orchard area, an icecream bean (Inga Edulis - left) and a tamarillo or tree tomato (right) overhang the path, creating a sense of enclosure.

The garden's curvaceous paths create the impression that it is larger than in reality, an effect furthered by the lack of straight lines in garden bed construction.

In the food forest... the curving path creates the impression that the small food forest is larger than it is. With the field of view limited, the food forest has an intimate, enclosed, close ambience.

The visitor is surrounded by avocado, mandarin, guava, pawpaw, banana, babaco and other trees and shrubs. A seat recessed into the vegetation provides a quiet place to sit.