Willing to go the extra mile to achieve sustainable living? Northey Street City farm offers a broad range of long- and short-term courses to learn the necessary skills.

• Grow fruit and vegetables sustainably
• Design and develop permaculture sites
• Select and use appropriate technology
• Keep chickens, bees and worms
• Reduce energy and water use
• Build local food systems

We are still accepting bookings for the following courses beginning in February.

Organic Gardening Course (Horticulture Certificate 2)

Identify garden plants and propagate your own; understand and improve your soil; composting and worm farming; manage pests and diseases; design your garden for delicious, year-round harvests; visit other community and home gardens.

Begins Tuesdays 2 February (late bookings accepted)

Booking information

Permaculture Design Certificate

The Permaculture Design Certificate gives a good overview of permaculture principles and practice, with an emphasis on design. At Northey Street, we include significant hands-on practical experience as well.

Every Thursday from 25 February to 3 June

Booking information

Accredited Permaculture Training Internships

For those who wish to gain in-depth practical experience in sustainable gardening and orchard care, and become competent permaculture practitioners.
Approximately 600 hours of practical training will lead to a nationally-accredited Level 3 Certificate in Permaculture.

24 February to 5 November.  Wednesdays 9 am to 4.30 pm, Thursdays 9 am to 4.30 pm and Fridays 9 am to 2 pm.

Booking information

Looking for something smaller?  Stay tuned for news of the single-day workshops on offer in 2010.

Our Sunday Organic Markets just keeps growing! Stop by on Sunday morning and enjoy our new food stalls, new art activities for the kids (plus space to play), and of course, breakfast at our Chai Cafe.

We will also be hosting a series of activities as part of Brisbane’s Active Parks program, from family yoga and planting to Bollywood workouts and African dance.  Come along and try something new this weekend!

The Northey Street Organic Markets run every Sunday morning from 6-10:30am, so come early to ensure the widest variety and best choice of certified organic food!

To honour our first three life members, resident City Farm artist Bob McMahon engraved their likenesses upon the local mango tree.

Congratulations to Dick Copeman, Richard Nielsen and John Morahan for this much-deserved recognition.

Pictured below are Dick and Richard, along with our guest, Cr. David Hinchliffe and artist Bob McMahon.

This project is funded by the Australian Government through the Teaching and Learning Capital Fund (TLCF) for Vocational Education and Training (VET).   Current progress photos are shown above.  We expect to commence construction in Feb/March 2010.

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Download the latest issue of our 14-page quarterly magazine for the latest farm news, guides, photos and gossip!

To have this delivered straight to your door, simply sign up as a member!

You can also view previous issues online in our newsletter archive.

Simply the best, most heartfelt, interesting and useful cookbook you may ever own. Written completely from the heart with sharing in mind!

Share retails for $20 plus $3 per copy postage and handling. You can also buy your books  at the NSCF Nursery to save postage costs.

Download an order form and send or fax it to Kym at NSCF, or email: cookbook@nscf.org.au.

Sample Pages

Participants in the July 2009 Cob Oven Building workshop displaying their handiwork.

Searching for a sustainable, green and thoughtful gift this festive season? Why not buy a friend or loved one a City Farm Workshop Voucher? Available for either $50 (one half-day workshop) or $85 (one full-day or two half-day workshops), vouchers allow the recipient to choose any workshop from our 2010 program.

The 2010 workshop schedule will be posted on the web site as soon as all dates are confirmed. In the meantime, take a look at our 2009 Workshops to see the huge variety of classes on offer each year.

To buy your vouchers, simply contact us or print out an order form.

Congratulations to the new Management Committee for Northey Street City Farm, elected at today’s Annual General Meeting.

The committee is:

Coordinator: Karen Shapcott
Assistant Coordinator: Llew Strutt
Secretary: Robert McGuigan
Treasurer: Fabio Buckeridge
Committee Members: Lindsay Cooper, Jo Rickards, Mal Teggins, Jo Pratt, Gary LeClerc.

We also congratulate Dick Copeman, John Morahan and Richard Nielsen on being granted the farm’s first ever Honourary Life Memberships. These three have been with the farm from the very start, and have had a pivotal role in the subsequent 15 years.

This Saturday morning (November 14th) we gather at the farm to celebrate and honour the wonderful work of volunteers, staff and members over the past year. We start from 9am, with free pancakes, fruit salad, sausage sizzle, chai/coffee, etc. Families are welcome. No RSVP needed – just turn up!

This also gives us a chance to acknowledge the abundance that has come our way in 2009, with community, infrastructure and food.

This breakfast is followed by our Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 11am. All members are welcome.

Additional AGM Information
(Please note that nominations have closed.)

AGM Letter
AGM Notice and Agenda
AGM Proxy Form

As part of Brisbane’s Active Parks program, Northey Street City Farm is offering the following free workshops during our Sunday Organic Markets. Each week you can enjoy a new activity, from family yoga and planting to Bollywood workouts and African dance. Come along and try something new this weekend!

All activites are free and no bookings are required.
Activities will begin at 9:30am each week at the stage area.

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