Resources
GARDENING
Alice Springs Vegie Garden Companion, 2010 - planting guide, how and what to grow in Alice Springs. Download PDF or purchase a hardcopy (helping raise funds for the community garden).
Gardens in the Desert, Imaginative Gardening in Arid Australia, Arid Lands Environment Centre 2nd Edition 1992 ISBN 0731676629, 9780731676620
Arid-land permaculture, Bill Mollison 1978. Alice Springs Library -AS COLL 577.54 MOLL (not for loan)
Gardening Guru Costa Georgiadis Facebook page
SOIL and COMPOST
Compost Education Centre (California) - teaching resources, fact sheets, 'how to' guides
WATER and IRRIGATION
Water use at the Alice Springs Community Garden - video
Alice Water Smart - guides to being water smart, water efficiency consultations, watering schedules and more!
Arid Edge Environmental Services - social enterprise of the Arid Lands Environment Centre that offers garden tune-ups, irrigation advice, landscaping, food gardens and permaculture courses.
NETWORKS
Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network - an informal, community-based organisation linking people interested in community gardening around Australia Also their facebook page!
Remote Indigenous Gardens Network - networking, research and outreach initiative. Monthly newsletter.