Lyttelton Community Garden

The garden serves several purposes:

• To provide nutritious organic food for gardeners
• A community gathering place to share ideas, improve community well being and be a place of beauty and creativity
• An educational space, where local people learn to grow food and minimise waste

The site is open every day and can be accessed from 54 Oxford Street. (Up the driveway between the playground and the pool, then up the stairs. Alternatively there is also access from St David's Street) A regular group meets on Wednesdays from 10.00am.

For all enquiries contact: 328 9243 (Community Building) -leave a message if not attended.

Gardeners

• The garden works on a sweat equity basis.
• The garden is for all residents in the Harbour Basin, young and old.
• Most work is undertaken on a voluntary basis.
• Everyone is encouraged to work in a team either as the champion or helper.
• Regular weekly meetings are held to plan progress, a white board details project progress.
• All gardeners need to be members of Project Lyttelton. The cost is $10 per family per year.
• From time to time gardeners/contractors will be paid for set tasks. This will be determined at meetings. Payment can take the form of Time Dollars or money.
  Gardeners can claim for all reasonable expenses.
• Members are encouraged to attend weekly.
• Gardeners cannot deviate from the plans without the consent of the group.

Access to the community garden is via the double wire gates in the historic prison wall in St David Street.