Category Archives: What’s Happening!

Thanks Lachlan McKenzie, one of the founding members of LDCG for a very informative and accessible Water Wise workshop on Sunday 10th June. Lachi shared a wealth of information about garden design, planting groups, building healthy soil, mulching, raised garden beds, grey water recycling, different types of irrigation set ups...

You can download our Backyard Composting pdf brochure here (11.7mb). This has information about the benefits of composting as well as tips to get started. It includes information about choosing a design, suitable site, ingredients you can add, managing, monitoring and trouble shooting....

This year Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival, Environment Centre N.T. and Lakeside Drive Community Garden committed to working together to reduce the waste going to landfill from the festival. With the help of a City of Darwin grant we developed some clear bin signage, purchased bright bin covers and set up three...

On Sunday 6th May, Lia Gill shared her long lasting love of growing food in Darwin. It doesn’t need to cost a lot and you can have success with just a few tricks in planting and saving seed. Thanks to all who helped make it a fruitful morning....

When: Saturday 12th May Where: Nightcliff foreshore Lakeside Drive Community Garden has committed for the second year in a row to collect the food waste from Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival. Last year we collected around 120kg of food scraps. The food scraps were added to dry material that we had on...

When: Sunday 22nd April, 9 – 10:30am Where: Lakeside Drive Community Garden In lead up to our Waste Wise Stall and Compost Collection for Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival in May, we are offering a bonus workshop this month. Join us to learn all about the beauty and usefulness of compost. How...

Thank you to our presenter, Kenny Maddock from Dundee Organix and all of our participants who joined us for the Seed Planting Workshop on Sunday. Kenny generously shared his knowledge and passion for tropical organic food production. His key message being to look after your soil. Healthy, living soil is...

Sunday 4th March, 9 – 10:30 am “Good tools really are a gardeners’ best friend. They make our working lives so much easier, and if we look after them, they’re safer to use, they reduce the chance of spreading diseases between plants, and of course if cared for correctly, they’ll...

Working bees are starting up on the 28th January, 4:30-6pm. Come down and visit us, learn about tropical food plants and get your hands dirty. Working bees happen every Sunday except the first Sunday of the month when we run our monthly morning workshop...

Come along to learn more about your bicycle and how to keep it in tip top condition. The workshop will cover fundamentals such as repairing a puncture; adjusting breaks; basic gear adjustment; cleaning/lubing your bike. This is a hands on workshop so bring your bike along with you to work...