During the later part of 2025 we successfully undertook registering as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission (ACNC). The advantage is purely administrative in that we now only need to complete one annual financial report (to the ACNC). Previously we needed to complete arduous reporting to both the ATO and the QLD Department of Fair Trading. To fully comply with ACNC requirements we are required to make a small change to our constitution as we

Our weekly Gardening Time has resumed for 2026. Join us on Wednesdays, 7–9am.

Our Jan-Jun 2026 events and workshops are now open for booking. As well as our regular Seasonal Get-Togethers (no booking necessary), we have workshops on propagation, composting and permaculture. See our Events & Workshops  page for further details and booking information.

There are so many people to thank for their contributions during 2025 - all our Wednesday gardeners and composters for their hard work and love of the garden, our amazing waterers and mowers and all those who work behind the scenes keeping things running smoothly.  As always a huge thank you to all of our members - you make the community garden a real community. Please note that the last formal Gardening Time will be on Wed 17th December, and the first Gardening Time for 2026

Thanks to Signmart at Tingalpa for their great work updating our sign to reflect our name change to Bethania Street Community Garden. Their expertise is very much appreciated.

Our recent Food Forest working bee achieved so much in two hours. Many trees pruned, compost and mulch spread, organic fertiliser...

Our members recently enjoyed a visit to Ainsley and John's suburban garden, based on permaculture principals.

Participants at yesterday's propagation workshop learned how to propagate edibles through various methods, including starting from seed...

Twenty two of our members recently visited Ian and Judy Wintle's "Giving Garden" in Birkdale, and loved all the rare and exotic plants.

Our Upcoming Events & Workshops webpage has been updated with a wide range of informative and interesting workshops plus our remaining...

Huge thanks to Brisbane City Council for providing new compost bays for our Community Composting Hub.

Thanks to Brisbane City Council for $2500 funding through the "Cultivating Community Gardens" grant which has covered the cost of our...

Now that the weather is cooling down we are returning to our usual 7-9am time.

To ensure the safety and comfort of our gardeners in this very hot weather, Wednesday Gardening Time will start at 6am for the month of...

Our 2025 events and workshops are now open for booking. As well as our regular Harvest Shares (no booking necessary), we have workshops...

There are so many people to thank for making 2024 another great year for the garden and its community. Firstly, to our Wednesday...

At our most recent workshop, acclaimed presenter, Michael Wardle, held a hands-on workshop on "Growing Healthy Fruit Trees".

We have regular "Come Visit My Garden" events, where members invite each other to view their gardens and give them an opportunity to get...

Our Wednesday gardeners visited Roma Street Parklands in July and were given a behind the scenes tour. Thanks to Janet for organising the...

One of our members is an expert in plant propagation and conducted an excellent workshop recently at the community garden on "Propagation...