How to start or manage a community garden

We can support you through your journey of developing a new community garden in the City of Logan. Before starting a community garden, we encourage you to consider the following questions:

  • Do I have time to coordinate and attend garden group meetings on the weekends and/or weekdays?
  • Do I want to manage a group of like-minded people and grow a place for community?

If you have the passion but don’t have the time to manage a garden, we encourage you to connect with existing gardens in your local area. View the list of community gardens.

Council’s role in community gardens is to:

  • provide advice to interested groups
  • support groups with applications for grants, funding and resources
  • support connection of local garden groups and encourage knowledge and skill sharing
  • promote the gardens through our website, newsletters and events.

Community gardens can be on private property or Council owned or controlled land.

Starting on Council owned land

We lease our community gardens to a range of organisations. Eligible organisations must:

  • have $20 million public liability insurance
  • be an incorporated organisation or have an auspice agreement with an incorporated organisation.

To apply for a new community garden on Council land, you will need to provide the following documentation:

  • Certificate of Incorporation
  • Public liability insurance of $20 million
  • Basic concept plan of the proposed community garden
  • Garden management plan
  • Community garden development budget
  • Community garden risk management plan

Please fill out the online application form Establish a new community garden on Council owned land.

For more information about how to submit an application and templates of the documentation needed please refer to our Guidelines and templates.

Expression of interest for an existing community garden on Council owned land

There are opportunities to take over existing community gardens if the lease is not renewed. These gardens are already established in the community and will require less materials and resources to get started.

You can find current opportunities by visiting Expression of interest for existing community gardens.

Starting a community garden on private land

Council is not responsible for managing private land. We encourage community garden groups to use our Community garden toolkit(PDF, 8MB).

Established community gardens on private land can apply to have their community garden information and details displayed on our website by submitting the relevant documents to Council.

Documentation required:

  • Certificate of Incorporation
  • Public liability insurance of $20 million

Once you have prepared the relevant documents, you can contact Council via phone 07 3412 3412 or email council@logan.qld.gov.au.

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