Council projects

Interpretive Indigenous Garden

Council in conjunction with LifeLinks, is developing an Interpretive Indigenous Garden that displays local plants and provides information on how residents can incorporate the ... more »

Environmental Volunteer Program

In the early 1990’s a small of group of coastal residents began restoring the coast line through revegetation and weed control. The dedicated group became known as the Holdfas ... more »

WaterWise Communities

From Friday the 15th of January 2010 Holdfast Bay residents, businesses, schools, churches, sporting and recreational facilities will be able to register for ‘WaterWise Commun ... more »

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Garden

Our gardens can bring us closer to understanding ecosystems that underpin life on this planet and how to live in harmony with the earth. By creating a beautiful, efficient and productive garden in your home, you can learn the rhythms of nature and our humble role in it. So how can we let our green thumbs align our gardens to the sustainable path?

Grow your own food

Would you like to eat fresh food that's good for you and the planet? Get into gardening in your own backyard. more »

Mulch your patch

Mulching your garden beds improves soil health and prevents water loss through evaporation. more »

Water efficient gardening

With less rainfall and hotter weather predicted in the coming decades, we need to go with the limited flow and create water-wise gardens. more »

Nurture and conserve biodiversity

Create an urban refuge for local biodiversity and enjoy the visual elements, the sounds and serenity of nature in your own backyard. more »

Grow an indigenous garden

Growing indigenous plants in your backyard contributes towards conserving biodiversity by providing food and shelter for local wildlife, such as birds, butterflies and skinks. ... more »

Environment

Our gardens are perhaps the easiest part of our lives to make sustainable and two paths appear to describe the environmental choices in the garden. On one hand we can have the productive garden with veggies and fruit trees. This is an efficient and sustainable way to grow food (no transport) and any extra water used is simply offset by the water saved by not buying food produced elsewhere.

On the other hand there is the non-productive garden that is sustainable through its alignment to its conditions. This garden requires no external resources (i.e. water, fertiliser) to survive and thrive. If you can achieve both these paths in one garden you're doing very well.

Wellbeing

Gardening is good for your heart and soul. It puts you in direct contact with the natural systems that give us life through food. The food grown in your garden is fresh, free of toxins and somehow more satisfying for you having grown it.

The process of gardening improves your mental health by helping you relax and unwind. It improves your cardiovascular fitness as well as your flexibility, endurance and strength.