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Tag: Sustainable Urban Design

Food gardens for rental and renters

Libertas Gardens - Food Gardens for rental and renters

Many think they can’t grow food because the are in a rental situation… * In most cases, this could not be further from the truth! Setting up food gardens for rental and renters is definitely possible.   * We might just need to be a bit more ingenious…  *   Raised Garden Beds can be

A few words about regenerative farming and gardening strategies, meat and plant diet:

Australorpe melbourne permaculture garden design

A few words about regenerative farming and gardening strategies, meat and plant diet: I decided to write this as an answer to a conversation with a vegan gardener that objected the use of animals in a community garden. This is an opinion article, feel free to comment on it to add your views to the

Nature strips enhancing project

At Libertas Gardens, what really keeps us going is our dream to green up the suburbs. We think it is possible to create a nicer, healthier and an ecologically sound urban environment for us to live in and our children to grow up in. In collaboration with Melbourne City Rooftop Honey and Reclaim The Curb, we

Luxurious fox proofed chicken coop – Thornbury

Awesome chicken coop yard melbourne

This brand new chicken coop, built in Thornbury in Melbourne’s inner north displays an elegant design and some seriously awesome features!  * Surrounded by a mini fruit orchard, the hens will enjoy shade in summer and benefit from the thermal mass of the brick wall in winter.  * These Far West saloon style double gates

Gardens for refugees

As part of the “Putting Roots Down” project, a collaboration between the Australian Red Cross and Cultivating Community, Libertas Gardens is very proud to help set up gardens for refugees to Australia. A bit of hard work and a lit of smiles… And in just a few hours we have a simple, functional and removable

Edible hedge idea

Part of building and designing productive gardens is to find interesting and imaginative ways to use edible and useful plants in otherwise traditional landscapes. Per example, by planting edible hedges! . . Ever wondered if the standard (and quite boring?) Box hedge could be replaced with something useful? . . Meet Myrtus ugni (Chilean guava)!

Chicken house and chicken yard – Hawthorn

Chicken house coop recycled timber melbourne

These are a few pictures of a chicken coop we have just inaugurated today in Hawthorn. The chicken are is made of a fully fox proof cage around a gorgeous chicken house. Two adjacent chicken yards allow the chooks to access some green during the day, before being locked in their safe haven at night! The house

Reclaim the Curb – Herbert St Reclaim working bee

As part of the Reclaim the Curb collective ( http://reclaimthecurb.org/ ) Libertas Gardens is proud to be supporting the working bee on RtC’s 2nd site! . . On September 9th, all day, we will be turning this:     Into something like this: At this stage the wish list looks like this:   Outdoor furniture (picnic table,