Aintree Community Garden

Workshops are back at Aintree Community Garden! This morning we hosted a Summer Fruit Preserving Workshop, showing how to make bottled fruit!

This morning Jono had the privilege of visiting one the amazing community gardens in the City of Melton. The Good Thymes Garden Group meets at Djerriwarrah Community Garden every Thursday morning at 10am, on Station Rd just next to Melton Police Station.

And what an amazing garden they have here! Such an abundance of produce, some very successful crop trials in pots and grow bags, flowers, succulents, fruit trees and more!! They even have tomatoes being harvested in their greenhouse in NOVEMBER!

If you’re looking for a place to get involved with community gardens, let us know!

At the end of October the Aintree Community Garden partnered with Melton Council and hosted a Seniors Garden Party for the Victorian Seniors Festival. It was a beautiful morning of good food, great music, and conversation in the garden.

Question: Should I let some of my vegetable and herbs go to flower?

Answer: Yes, and always yes.

This is a hover fly on one of our chive flowers at Aintree Community Garden, expertly captured by

We’re really excited for this, and proud of the Community Garden’s role in this recognition… and we’re only just getting started!!

We are stoked to be named a Finalist in the Melton Business Excellence Awards 2025 for Sustainability Excellence.

Sustainable practises, and sustainability & environmental education is central to everything we do. And we’re only just getting started! So proud of our team and this recognition this year, and keen for what lies ahead!