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Gardening and health
Page content: Planting calendar | Gardening fact sheets | Personal stories | Images | Links
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Grow your own healthy food. Turn your garden into a source of delight, good health and create your own backyard fitness centre. You don't need a lot of space - your edible garden can grow in pots, an old wheelbarrow or a couple of fruit boxes. Find planting tips and information on the health benefits of gardening.
Monthly planting calendar
Find out what fruits and vegetables you can plant this month. Print one out and put it on your wall! Each month includes handy tips.
Please note: These planting calendars are a general guide only. They cover most Victorian areas, however timing of planting may vary depending on local conditions. Consult your local nursery or gardening club for advice specific to your area. Gardening fact sheets
Start your own vegetable garden. Safety tips and planting ideas will help everyone including children, seniors and people with disabilities set up an edible garden.
Personal stories
Discover some unique ideas to set up vegetable gardens that are accessible for all. See how others have enjoyed the sensory delights and health benefits of this rewarding form of physical activity.
Garden on wheels
Gardening as a team
Gardening for the senses
Images
See how you can grow a vegetable garden in a few pots, a small sunny patch in your garden or, if you have the time and space, you can build a vegie patch that will provide healthy vegetables and herbs for the whole neighbourhood!
Working in the garden
Building a vegie patch
Links
Gardening tips
Gardening Australia
Horticultural Therapy Association Vic
Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne - Gardening information
Saving water in the garden
Water wise gardening
Gardening in the community
Australian Community Gardens Network
Australia's Open Garden Scheme
Cultivating Community
Parks Victoria - Volunteers
Tree project
Children
Children's garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Kidsgardening - Parent's Primer
Seniors and people with a disability
Edible Gardens, Disability Services, Department of Human Services
Gardening in raised beds and containers
Take it easy - tips to make the work easier
Gardening for the disabled, Bibliography
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