20th March, Midday – 5pm

• We still need helpers for before, during and after the festivities.  Learn how to volunteer.
• The final event timetable will arrive on Friday.  In the meantime, you can plan your afternoon with this draft festival program and mud map.
• And don’t forget to check out our photos from previous harvest festivals on Facebook!

In partnership with BEMAC and Brisbane City Council, Northey Street City Farm presents its annual HARVEST FESTIVAL.

Saturday 20th March, 12 noon – 5:00 pm

Exquisite global cuisine, music, dance, art and craft, permaculture gardening workshops and children’s activities.

How to Volunteer

View our gallery of previous Harvest Photos on Facebook

Our next Harvest Festival is just a few weeks away, and we need many helping hands to make the event a success.  Continue reading for full details on how you can help.

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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!

We’re delighted to announce construction of the new education building is now complete.  Here are some photos of the final stages:
Stay tuned to nscf.org.au for upcoming launch details!

Click on any image for a larger version.

City Farm seeks to build a durable, robust and iconic community building to meet its education needs and to embody the Organisation’s Permaculture-based philosophy and spirit.

Designed as a public showcase of smart, best-practice sustainable design, it is set to become one of the greenest small public buildings in Australia, and will set a precedent in terms of innovative sustainable design in subtropical Brisbane.

This includes cutting edge features such as the ‘meadow roof’, which uses the latest green technologies to deliver a thin-section, intensively planted cover.  We believ

e that this is the first time this technology has been employed in Queensland.

Other examples are the passive solar design, the use of timbers sourced from certifiable sustainable forests, or alternatively, recycled timbers, utilising straw as a durable building component and introducing earth render as a low embodied energy thermal mass element.

Construction commenced in early 2010.

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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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The farm community is lucky to have Bob McMahon come in regularly for a veritable treasure trove of art activities with natural and recycled materials.

Every Sunday morning it’s all happening at the Organic Markets, but also on Tuesdays and Fridays. Bob engages people of all ages with pottery, paper mache, mud painting and music activities – just come and say ‘Hi’ and get involved.

All participation and your take-home art is totally free. Helpers and offsiders are most welcome to lend a hand. Bob is also keen to work with school groups, using his unique natural and artistic approach to environmental education. He can be contacted via the Farm Office.

Lindsay has been interested in permaculture for over 20 years, and became a volunteer at Northey Street about 15 months ago when he heard that the farm was based on those same principles.

Like most people, he had driven past many times before dropping in to check it out. Having been brought up on a farm, Lindsay said it felt good to get back to the land. ‘There’s always something interesting to do… good people
to talk to… very friendly and positive… the city farm is a great environment.’

Lindsay’s experiences with volunteering at the farm have inspired him to look at helping others as well down the track; for example, bush regeneration groups or Greening Australia.

In addition to his voluntary work, Lindsay has found time to complete the Horticulture I & Permaculture Design courses at the farm. He is currently doing the Accredited Permaculture Training (APT3) course. ‘These courses are great ways to
learn how the farm and other community gardens function… meet interesting people… get to the guts of permaculture.’

Lindsay’s generosity, skills and easygoing smile are welcome and valued at the farm.

Get Involved – Become a Volunteer