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.
What’s going on
Check out our calendar of events for the Sustainable Macleod Community Garden opening times as well as the latest workshops and social events
Plant to Harvest September
Sat 7 Sept, 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 tomatoes, capsicum and eggplant. You will receive some seeds or seedlings to take home.
Tomato Gala
Sat 14 Sept, 2 – 4.30pm
Members are invited to come along and choose 6 free tomato seedlings, enjoy some afternoon tea, stroll around the garden, and see our battery mower and electric chipper in action.
Spring Vegie Seedling Sale
Sat 21 Sept, 10am – 12pm
Come to Sustainable Macleod’s first sale of the season at Macleod Park. 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.
Latest from the blog
Featuring the latest Macleod news along with a variety of gardening and growing tips, recipes and information on sustainable living.
Urgent jobs in the garden for August
Weed, weed, weed! As the weather warms in August, seed germinates and weeds take over. Make compost. Prune fruit trees once they have lost their leaves; remove all mummified fruit from the branches. Spray peach and nectarine trees a full 360 degrees to cover every...
What to plant in August in Melbourne
August is the month to plant spring seedlings in punnets and some direct into the ground. Should a frost be imminent, cover seedlings the night before with cloth. If the worst comes to the worst and you find frost on your plants the following morning, and the sun has...
August garlic hint
This hint covers the end of winter and the beginning of spring which have slightly different requirements. The first thing to do is observe your garlic plants and note whether there is any yellowing on the tips or on older leaves. If there is, spray with fish emulsion...
What to plant in July in Melbourne
A guide to what to plant in July can be found in self-sown plants in the garden. In my garden, there is an abundance of self-sown parsley, coriander, lettuce, other salad greens and tomatoes. Begin planting seeds in punnets for planting in late August/September (early...
Urgent jobs in the garden for July
Make compost. Plant out second crop of autumn/winter vegetables. Cut strawberry runners and pot up in potting mix. Cut back leaves of strawberries - you can even mow them down on a high blade - and dispose of them. Divide them in spring if they are too crowded....
It may be pretty but is it delicious? The dangers of cross-pollination
When your pumpkins ripened, you may have noticed that what grew was not what you thought you had planted. Did you, for example, grow a long, green or bluish-striped pumpkin when you thought you planted a round Kent or even a Queensland Blue? Cross-pollination is the...
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.