Monthly workshops
LDCG runs a workshop program for members and the public. The workshops are around the themes of permaculture, organic gardening and sustainability and have included; soil testing, making art with natural materials, seed propagation, sour dough and the art of wild fermentation, cultivating  mushrooms, making ink with tropical plants and tropical  still life drawing. These workshops were made possible by an Environment and Climate Change Grant from the  City of Darwin (2024) and  have so far engaged over a 150 people.

Composting
Nick oversees the fertiliser production area of the garden that is located at its entrance. He makes a fruit-based compost with raw material obtained from local market stallholders. Composting is a great way to divert food and green waste from landfill and turn this resource into fertiliser to enrich the soil and feed our plants.

Land for Wildlife
In 2017 the garden signed up as a Land For Wildlife educational site through Greening Australia. This means that we support and promote the preservation and re-vegetation of native habitat. The program has a particular focus on supporting Black-footed Tree-rats which have been spotted on the CDU campus and is a threatened species. Greening Australia has supplied us with native plants, many of them edible to create a wildlife corridor on the edge of our site. These trees were planted and watered by the Green Army. Conservation Volunteers have also been energetically clearing coffee bush and mission grass alongside the Rapid Creek mangroves. This area has now been replanted with 50 natives. We have an ongoing collaborative relationship with Rapid Creek Landcare Group looking after the surrounding mangrove and native tree areas. These activities include weeding and rubbish collection.