Places
a detailed look at our demonstrator sites
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1 The Story Garden
Site type: meanwhile land
Site area:
Key site challenges:
Food Produced:
Food Growing Capacity Added: 20 sqm
Water Harvesting Capacity Added: 10,000 L
Composting Capacity Added: 800kg -
2 Octopus Community Plant Nursery
Site type: multi-use sports pitch
Site area: 600 sqm
Key site challenges: degraded land, without water, shaded by local buildings and mature trees
Food Produced:
Food Growing Capacity Added: 35 sqm
Water Harvesting Capacity Added: 800 L
Composting Capacity Added: 250kg -
3 Highbury Quadrant Nature Gardens
Site type: overgrown land on an estate
Key site challenges: it was thick with brambles, undergrowth full of rubble and fly-tipped items, soil completely depleted
Food Produced: 95kg
Food Growing Capacity Added: 33 sqm
Water Harvesting Capacity Added: 700 L
Composting Capacity Added: 650kg
Bio-diverse Habitat Added: 342 sqm -
4 Brickworks Rooftop Garden
Site type: rooftop
Site area: 460sqm
Key site challenges: growing takes place ‘on concrete’ in raised beds only, that are exposed to wind, and without direct access to water.
Food Produced: 52kg
Food Growing Capacity Added: 35 sqm
Water Harvesting Capacity Added: 400 L
Composting Capacity Added: 100kg -
5 Cally Park
Site type: parkland
Site area: small park about half a block in size
Key site challenges: beds are totally open access everything is shared with general park users
Food Growing Capacity Added: 39 sqm
Water Harvesting Capacity Added: 700 L
Composting Capacity Added: 500kg