Community Projects
We work in collaboration with our charity the Material Institute to provide our neighbourhoods with access to healthy, affordable food. Community members learn to grow and cook produce from the garden, and enjoy the benefits of a nutritious diet.
The gardens offer neighbourhoods with limited green space a beautiful place for children and adults to safely play and learn.
Botanical, Tasmania
Botanical is the home of 24 Carrot Gardens in the heart of Bridgewater, Tasmania. A 1 acre market garden, community event space and home to Material Institute's emerging suite of social enterprises: The Beauty Lab and Clay Studio, with a Commercial Kitchen and Cafe in the works (completion planned for mid 2024).
Bond Place, Tasmania
A community garden and outdoor classroom in the heart of Gagebrook, Tasmania. Established in 2018 as part of Public Kitchen, a collaboration with the Design Studio for Social Intervention (DS4SI). The garden features raised wicking beds, an orchard, a fourteen metre long ‘Living Table’ designed by Pete Mattila and Kirsha Kaechele, a timber shelter structure designed by students from the school of architecture and design, UTAS and the recent addition of an outdoor classroom equipped with a kitchen and performance space for community use.
We hold fortnightly gatherings at Bond Place with a communal meal, plus workshops (for young and old) in ceramics, gardening and art.
New Orleans
24 Carrot Gardens provides youth gardening programs and fresh, pesticide-free produce to the Material Institute New Orleans campus and local community. Participants learn Louisiana ecology, sustainable gardening practices, healthy cooking techniques, how to raise healthy and happy chickens and bees, and ways to express their creativity with plants.
Find out more about 24 Carrot Garden in NoLa here.
Community engagement
Community engagement and connection is fostered through a range of events held in the gardens. The gardens are the social hub of the neighbourhood—a place where residents come to share space, learn, and play.
Volunteering
We are always on the lookout for passionate volunteers to work with our garden teachers and project managers. Please fill out this form if you are interested in getting involved – we’d love to hear from you.