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Reading list
REPORTS
Cultivating Community annual report 2007
An industrious mob, Cultivating Community, as well as a trailblazer in community-association/state government cooperation in developing community gardens, school gardens, food cooperatives and neighbourhood renewal garden projects.
Learn of their achievements in their 2007 Cultivating Community Annual Report.
Download pdf file of annual report.
The 4th Annual Australian City Farms and Community Gardens conference:...
Audio files - Download audio and presentations (keynote’s only) from CERES website:
www.ceres.org.au/community/conference.htm
The evaluation - Download the evaluation conference, Cities Feeding People-Grow it where you Live... more
The review - bigger and better than ever... that was the Network's annual conference in Melbourne in March 2007 ... more
STUDIES
Gardening your community - innovative ways to bring life into your neighbourhood
A report by Adelaide community gardens networker, advocate and Permaculture designer, Jacqui Hunter ...more
Making the Most of Agriculture - city farms and parks
Bacon J, 1986; Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, Canberra.
Urban Agriculture - food, jobs and sustainable cities
1996; UNDP.
This comprehensive study investigated the role of urban agriculture worldwide, with a focus on small scale cash cropping in developing countries, and found it to be of increasing importance. This book is for people who want to understand community gardening in the global context of food security, livelihood creation and urban development.
BOOKS
School gardens for nutrution, education and fun
The definitive books on educational gardens in schools... Carolyn Nuttall's:
- The Children's Food Forest
- The Food Forest Resource Sheets
Available direct from author,
for prices.
Organic gardening
The Australian Vegetable Garden
Blazey C, 1999; New Holland Publishers, Sydney.
Organic gardening using non-hybrid seeds plus descriptions of annual vegetables from the people who established Diggers Seeds in Victoria.
Gardening Down Under
Handreck K, 1993; CSIRO, Australia.
How to analyse, improve and manage garden soils.
Backyard Self-Sufficiency
Jackie French, 1992; Aird Books, Sydney.
A small volume from this well known and quirky organic gardener. Staple foods, vegetables, fruit, small animals for small gardens, medicinal foods, preserves and storing food, harvesting from street trees, edible weeds and a planting calendar are just some of the contents.
The Wilderness Garden
Jackie French, 1992; Aird Books, Melbourne.
A useful title from this prolific author. Covers garden nutrition, pests, weeds, vegetable gardening, fruit and flowers.
Seed Savers' Manual
Fanton M& J, 1993; Seed Savers' network, NSW.
The definitive volume on collecting, processing and saving the seed of vegetables and herbs.
Asian Herbs and Vegetables
Woodward P, 2000; Hyland House, Victoria.
How to identify, grow and use Asian vegetables and herbs in Australia.
Pest Repellent Plants
Woodward P; Hyland House, Victoria.
Managing insect pests with plants in the garden.
What Garden Pest or Disease is That?
McMaugh J, 1985 (revised with organic component 1994); New Holland Publishers, Sydney.
Organic and chemical solutions to garden problems.
Garden animals
Jackie French's Chook Book
French J, 1993; Aird Books, Melbourne.
An introduction to keeping chooks.
Plants
Vegetables
Phillips R, Rix M,1993; Pan Books, London.
A dictionary of the world's vegetables well illustrated with colour photographs. Plenty of interesting information about species and their history.
The Complete Book of Growing Fruit in Australia
Glowinski L1991; Lothian Books, Melbourne.
A complete book on growing all kinds of fruit, including the berries, in Australia.
The Origin of Fruit and Vegetables
Roberts J, 2001; Harper & Collins, London.
For people into the ethnobotany and social history of fruit and vegetables, this is an informative book.
Nutrition and cooking
Simple Pleasures: Recipes from the Residents of Roxton Lodge is a community gardener's cookbook featuring recipes as delicious as the visual appeal of this book.
The cookbook - a project of Cultivating Community and Melbourne's Inner South Community Health Service's High Rise Support Program - was generously supported by Stonnington City Council.
Download pdf file pdf Simple Pleasures
Buy a hard copy of Simple Pleasures - enquire about price + postage info@cultivatingcommunity.org.au
03 9415 6580.
Eating for Peak Performance
Rosemary Stanton, 1994; Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
A useful book on nutrition by nutritionist Rosemary Stanton, containing all you need to know to understand the effect of food on our health and performance.
Healthy Cooking
Rosemary Stanton; Murdoch Books, Sydney.
A book about food, diet and health containing authoritative information on vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, plus recipes.
MAGAZINES
The ABC Organic Gardener
ABC Organic Gardener features a regular community gardening segment. Available from ABC shops, newsagents and by subscription.
ARTICLES
Wikipedia article defining and describing community gardens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Garden
Developing Community Gardens - proceedings: presentation at International Permaculture Convergence 6, Perth, Western Australia, 1997.
Presenters: Fiona Campbell, Russ Grayson, Supapon Raffan, Morag Gamble.
http://www.rosneath.com.au/ipc6/ch06/campbell/index.html
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