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.
Managing paint and coatings waste
Home renovations and all sorts of makeovers are a ubiquitous feature of our lives: a lick of paint, a bit of replastering, varnishing a wood table. There are a huge variety of products used for home improvements, but this article will focus on paint and coatings....
Plant a Pomegranate in Spring
The beautiful red fruit of the pomegranate (Pumica granatum) has increased in popularity as our culinary tastes have become more diverse and inclusive of Middle Eastern and North African dishes over recent years. Pomegranates are not cheap so why not plant a tree...
Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF) – Take action NOW to protect your fruit and vegies
Our long wet, cold winter is likely to have delayed the start of the Queensland Fruit Fly season in Banyule and surrounds. Hopefully, it has also killed the overwintering males which would give us a head start. Remember, QFF will mate when the temperature is 16...
Shocking North East Link clearing & what to do if you hit a roo
Most of us have been shocked at the scale of the clearing at the Simpson Barracks on Greensborough Highway as part of North East Link works. Shockingly, the new highway will actually run underground here but they say they need somewhere to park equipment. The complete...
Volunteering in crisis!
There has been growing concern among Banyule charities and groups who rely on volunteers, about the downturn in volunteering since the beginning of COVID-19 and more particularly, the lack of bounce-back this year. This led me to research what is happening more widely...
Sustainable housing – incorporating new technologies
In the last two articles on sustainable housing, I have briefly looked at getting the basics of sustainable house design right and some simple ways to improve the energy performance of existing homes. At some point, most of us will add technical solutions to create...
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.