Kensington Community Garden is a wonderful community space where residents of Kensington come together to grow produce, learn about horticulture and gardening, and connect with neighbours.
Currently, the garden has 52 plots, most of which have been cared for by the same members for many years. We’ve heard from many residents who would love to be part of the garden but cannot due to long waiting lists. More than 188 people have told us they would like the chance to use the garden. To improve access, Council has held a number of consultation sessions with community members.
Together, we’ve explored options such as:
- Increasing access and reducing wait times
- Reducing the size of garden plots so more people can participate Introducing principles of active gardening to ensure the garden is thriving and well maintained
- Supporting the community to self-manage the garden into the future
- Introduction of shared gardening
These sessions have led to a new layout of the garden plots and a new management plan for community use of the garden.
Over the last 12 months, Council have commenced the process to create a new community committee who will manage the garden into the future. We thank the community members who have come together and volunteered their time to be part of the committee over the last 12 months and contributed to great conversations. It is anticipated this committee will be in place by the end of 2025.
As many garden beds require maintenance and renewal, the Kensington Community Garden was closed on Monday 18 August 2025. A number of garden beds had deteriorated and will be replaced. These works are expected to take between eight to twelve weeks. There will be no access to the garden during this time.
Timeline
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Timeline item 1 - complete
Community consultation commenced
October 2022
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Timeline item 2 - complete
Community survey
3 October to 21 October 2022
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Timeline item 3 - complete
Community pop ups
11 to 19 October 2022
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Timeline item 4 - complete
Kensington Community Garden workshops
6 to 13 December 2022
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Timeline item 5 - complete
Review feedback
January to February 2023
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Timeline item 6 - complete
Report back on what was heard and how we’re responding
February 2023
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Timeline item 7 - complete
Community consultation survey
22 March to 5pm Friday 21 April 2023
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Timeline item 8 - complete
Report back on what we heard
June 2023
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Timeline item 9 - complete
Kensington Community Garden design workshop
July 2023
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Timeline item 10 - complete
Community consultation survey
18 to 28 July 2023
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Timeline item 11 - active
Creation of Community Committee
July 2024 to end 2025
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Timeline item 12 - active
Closure of Community Garden for maintenance
18 August until October (TBC) 2025
Community consultation
Find out what we heard about the Kensington Community Garden during consultation in 2022 and 2023.
