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Commenced:
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01/09/2017 |
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Submitted:
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26/09/2020 |
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Last updated:
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26/09/2020 |
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Location:
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56 Derby Street, Kensington, Victoria, AU |
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Phone:
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+61448840030 |
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Climate zone:
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Cool Temperate |
The Kensington Community Food Forest was established in August 2017 (the first community Food Forest in the City of Melbourne) to increase food security for local residents on the Kensington redevelopment site next to 56 Derby street and was launched in December of that year. The project is led by Permaculture designer, Jacqueline van Heerden from Living Learning Australia with support from Deb Wilson from Unison Housing and was successful in securing a community grant from the City of Melbourne. It is another first in that it brings together the local community, small business, state and local government and community housing in a project that to increases biodiversity in the surrounding area, contributes to carbon sink, captures rainwater (reducing run-off), and provides nutrient rich food free of chemicals. Food Forests are not new and have been in existence for hundreds of years. A ‘food forest’ is a system of gardening using a diversity of mostly perennial species, chosen and arranged so that they compliment and support each other, minimising weeds, pests and maintenance while providing a rich variety of harvest. The Kensington Community Food Forest (KCFF) is about 250 m. It has been built using Permaculture Principles and following food forest design. The first phase of this food forest, completed in August 2017, consists of approximately 90 different species across the seven layers of the forest. Whilst the food forest is still in its infancy the space under the canopy is being used to produce annuals. The forest is being maintained and harvested by the Forest Care Team a volunteer group made up of local residents. This is to ensure that soil fertility, pest management and vegetation strategies are fully bedded to ensure the food forest meets its long term goal of self maintenance and high productivity. Produce will be shared amongst the local community. Local community has been involved since the start. In the analysis phase a number of residents took soil samples, and since then have donated plants, planted in the various species and are taking on the role of carers for the forest. In the establishment of the food forest all soil was reshaped into mounds, recycled hardwood from Eastern Recycling was used as mulch, local sourced worm juice harvested by local worm farms in Kensington was applied, some trees and plants were donated by locals, a number of annual seeds were propagated at The Venny’s propagation shed. The Venny is a local Adventure playground that was established as a backyard for local hire rise public housing estate children. The Venny has been establishing a permaculture garden to feed children that visit and their families for the past two years
The Food Forest was established in August 2017 to increase food security for local residents. The project is led by Permaculture designer, Jacqueline van Heerden, Living Learning Australia with support from Deb Wilson, Unison Housing.
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