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Community Native Plant Nursery & Community Food Garden - in Ryde, NSW
"The Habitat"
Where and when?
Mission & Vision
City of Ryde Information, The Habitat Business Plan & Procedures
The beginning
Other community nurseries, indigenous nurseries and community garden information
Where and when?
In partnership with City of Ryde, Habitat Network started a community plant nusery and community food garden at Santa Rosa Park,
251 Quarry Road, Ryde. We are next to the car park on Quarry Road. The nursery specialises
in local provenance native plants, especially those suitable for small bird habitat.
The Habitat is run by volunteers for the community. We encourage gardeners to
incorporate habitat into their gardens and to create sustainable gardens. To make this easy we sell local native habitat plants
and also food plants, such as herbs and companion plants. Companion plants are useful to pollinators, especially native bees.
We provide native plants to local bushcare sites for habitat improvement.
And we give both native and food plants to local schools for their gardens.
Our food garden is open to all and we encourage sharing of produce. The nursery is open
on Wednesdays and Saturdays between 10am to 4pm. Do come along and talk to us about
how we operate and advice on incoporating habitat in your garden.
See details here in Mandarin.
To find out about becoming involved with the community nursery and food garden email us at
info@iewf.org or simply drop in for a visit any Wednesday or Saturday between 10am to 4pm.
See Habitat Network activities for
photos of our nursery and garden, friends and activities.
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Mission & Vision
Mission: Through a community plant nursery & food garden provide opportunities for the residents of Ryde
and Hunters Hill to grow native plants and food plants. And in a fun and social way learn more about and work towards
improving our local environment.
Our vision: To grow a vibrant community nursery and food garden, supported by the local council
and community.
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City of Ryde Information, The Habitat Business Plan & Procedures
City of Ryde - Community garden information.
Please see The Habitat's:
Business plan (127KB)
The Habitat Procedures (102KB)
Native seed and cutting collection guidelines (124KB)
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The beginning
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Neighbour provides liquid cow manure for the garden
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Some volunteers at work in the nursery
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Transplanting seedlings
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The orchard and food garden continues to grow
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This project started in October 2008 as an idea. In August 2010 the nursery was approved by Council
to be at Santa Rosa Park. In October 2011 the land, after consultation with the local community, was re-categorised
as "Community Open Space". In early 2012 the Master Plan and Plan of Management for Santa Rosa Park were updated.
In June 2012 we were given the go ahead to proceed with construction by Council staff and we finalised the staged plan
of construction and allocation of budget. On July 9th and 10th a black chain wire fence was erected. Our first volunteers started
work on site in September. Since November 2012 we have
the basics in place and more facilites will continue to be added as funds and time are available. Our offical opening took place 3rd November 2012.
Funding from the 2010 NSW Government's Community Building Partnership program (CBP)
allowed us to construct Stage 1 of the nursery. Thank you to Victor Dominello MP for his faith in
us and to the NSW Government.
A grant from City of Ryde bought the nursery a 5,000 litre water tank - thank you City of Ryde.
Council also connected the water and provided some other assistance and equipment.
Bunnings Warehouse, Ashfield assisted us with funds towards our storage shed - thank you.
The official opening was on Saturday 3rd November 2012.
We thank the following special guests, sponsors and supporters for their contribution towards making the opening a big success:
Victor Dominello MP Minister for Citizenship and Communities, and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs , John Alexander MP for Bennelong,
City of Ryde Mayor Ivan Petch,
The Meat Boutique, Sydney Wildlife, Ryde Hunter's Hill Flora and Fauna Preservation Society, Hunter's Hill Men's Shed, Permaculture Ryde, Hunter's Hill Bushcare,
Cornucopia Nursery, Easy Care Gardening, the Ryde-Gladesville Climate Change Action Group and Ryde TAFE. What a great day!
Thank you to volunteers, neighbours, old friends and new for being there with us.
See Habitat Network activities photos.
November 2012 we won a grant from the Australian Government - Department of Families, Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) -
for $4050 to assist with buying more equipment and a 10,000 litre water tank. Thank you John Alexander MP and the Australian Government for their support.
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We were lucky to have the assistance of a local Architectural student, Christine Ng, who undertook our detailed nursery and garden drawings
and assisted with the planning. Thank you! View profile:
Christine Ng
The Habitat:
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