
Growing a community garden

After five years of waiting and with high-rise developments closing in, residents living in Sydney’s inner-city suburb of Redfern are growing organic food in a local park the council has promised to make chemical-free. Malcolm McGuire writes.

Urban Orchid – Catching Falling Fruit

Organic gardeners are swapping homegrown produce, ideas and skills in an expanding community movement known as the Urban Orchard. JOEL CATCHLOVE reports on the Adelaide experience and beyond.

Roof top farming in the big apple

An innovative group of New Yorkers turn a city roof top into a highly productive organic farm, reports PHIL DUDMAN