About Sustainable Macleod
Sustainable Macleod works on 4 pillars of sustainability- edible gardening/food security, biodiversity, clean energy and waste.
Projects by Sustainable Macleod include a wide range of events and workshops, the Sustainable Macleod Community Garden, a tool library and seed bank for members and sale of plants raised in the Garden.
Latest from the blog
Featuring the latest Macleod news along with a variety of gardening and growing tips, recipes and information on sustainable living.
Broad bean bonanza!
Top hints for growing broad beans add potash to soil plant beans 5cm deep support plants to prevent stem breakage remove tips to prevent black fly Broad beans are a wonderful crop to grow for 4 reasons. They are a delicious and nutritious food, they add nitrogen to...
How to grow beautiful cauliflower
Top tips for growing cauliflower: plant seedlings deeply space according to instructions install dripline keep well watered Cauliflower is sometimes avoided by gardeners because of poor results but it is very easy to grow large, beautiful, compact, snowy headed...
Announcing our Partnership with Ryset
Sustainable Macleod is thrilled to announce a partnership with Ryset in West Heidelberg. We have been supported by Ryset for several years and recently they made a substantial donation of materials to the Macleod Organic Community Garden. You have probably bought...
Rusty vegetables?
Did you know that there are over 500 types of rust that affect plants? Rust is a spore that usually begins as white spots on the leaves or stems of plants and becomes yellow or orange or sometimes black as it progresses. It is a fungal parasite that is spread by the...
Sap sucking insects and what to do about them
Sap sucking insects, as their name suggests, suck the sap out of plant leaves leaving them at best pale and spotty and at worst, having devoured all the chlorophyll, white, dry and lifeless. There is a large range of sap sucking insects including aphids, leafhoppers,...
A food strategy for Banyule
Context Sustainable Macleod acknowledges the traditional inhabitants of Banyule and surrounds and further acknowledges their original role in managing this land to provide a sustainable and abundant food system. From the early days of European settlement, the area we...
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.