Sustainable Macleod
Projects by Sustainable Macleod include the highly successful Vegie Swap, Community Garden, Tool Library and Seed Bank and a yearly sale of plants.
Plant to Harvest November
Sat 2 Nov, 12 – 1pm
Come along to the Plant to harvest series held monthly at Sustainable Macleod Community Garden. This month you will learn to grow exceptional zucchini, pumpkin, melons and cucumber. You will receive some seeds or seedlings to take home.
Plant Sale at Eltham Market
Sun 3 Nov, 8am – 1pm
This year we will be offering 15 types of heritage tomatoes, various spring vegetable seedlings, strawberry, raspberry and red currant plants, herbs, ginger, turmeric and galangal. We’ll also be selling Queensland Fruit Fly supplies.
What’s going on
Check out our complete calendar of events for Sustainable Macleod which lists the latest workshops and social events.
Latest from the blog
Featuring the latest Macleod news along with a variety of gardening and growing tips, recipes and information on sustainable living.
Book review: Walking the Kurrum Yallock (Plenty River) History, Heritage and Environment
Making a strong connection to country, whether we are Indigenous or not, is a way of anchoring ourselves in the place we live and in our community. Anne Paul's book - 'Walking the Kurrum Yallock (Plenty River) History, Heritage and Environment' - does just that. Anne...
Switch and Save – check out the Sustainable Macleod Clean Energy Expo
Sunday 19 November 11am - 3pmMacleod College, Carwarp Street, MacleodBook here Most of us are willing to reduce our impact on climate change by reducing our home energy use. How to make our homes more energy-efficient, while not blowing our budget needs careful...
Transplanting advanced trees
About 12 months ago, Bulleen Art and Garden (BAAG) donated 3 advanced fruit trees to the Sustainable Macleod Community Garden. They were growing along the BAAG driveway that led to the landscaping yard and had to be removed to make way for North East Link works. I am...
10 hints for a great summer vegie garden
10 hints for a great summer vegie garden Install dripline. El Nino has been declared, signalling a very dry summer ahead. The key to good vegies is consistent water which dripline will provide especially if set on a timer. Sustainable Macleod is running a workshop on...
Banyule Community Garden Tour
Banyule Community Garden Tour - 28 October 10am - 2.30pm If you want to explore Banyule's community gardens, you can take an electric bus around Banyule to discover our five community gardens! Organised by Banyule City Council, the event will include a tour of each...
No bin liners or food packaging for the green bin – not even compostable ones!
Last month we started a series on what NOT to put in the FOGO bin - that's the green bin which now takes a whole range of food items that can't go into your compost or worm farms, as well as food that can. Moving on from our first item last month - those small, round,...
Join Sustainable Macleod
Become a member and get access to the community garden, the tool library and our seed library. We welcome all members of the community and have regular events and workshops to enjoy.