The Fern Avenue Community Garden is owned by the City of Unley who have a peppercorn lease arrangement with Alternative 3, a community group who manage the day to day running of the site.

The Garden has a building made from straw bales where gardeners attend organic gardening courses which are held regularly.

The eight week Organic Gardening Courses are held in three hour sessions. The course covers a broad range of topics such as pest control, plant propagation, soil preparation, composting and companion planting.

For information about the Organic Gardening Courses contact Janet Fensom from Alternative 3 by phoning 8379 8941.

For further information or to find out how to get involved contact Cecile Storrie on 8274 1156 or anhinga@internode.on.net or Jill Skopal on 8271 5430 or jillskopal@adam.com.au

To join the community garden, you can download an application form by clicking here.