Home Gardening Series

Vegie backyard garden

When you start a home garden, you’re planting the beginnings of a healthier, more enjoyable, and economical lifestyle. Every tomato you grow, every handful of basil you snip, and every lettuce you harvest is one less item on your grocery bill.

Being a home gardener means you get to enjoy fresh air and exercise while watching your efforts turn into healthy, tasty produce. Plus, home gardening invites you to create a space that’s both practical and joyful—a place where you can improve your health, have a little fun, and keep more money in your pocket, all while watching something beautiful grow under your care.

To help you in the garden, we’ve created a range of workshops, factsheets, and videos designed to share our knowledge and help you grow with confidence whether you’re just getting started or looking to expand your skills.

Workshops

Hume’s Home Gardening Series includes free hands‑on workshops that show you how to grow your own edibles—whether you’ve got a backyard, a balcony or a few pots.

Held throughout the year, they’re a great way to pick up practical skills and get inspired. You’ll also find sessions on Indigenous food and ecological practices, plus in‑language gardening workshops for active ageing groups.

Each workshop runs for about an hour, is open to everyone in the community, and takes place at locations across Hume.

Previous workshop topics

Soil revitalisation - Learn simple ways to boost soil health and help plants thrive.

Smart watering techniques - Discover how to water efficiently and keep your plants healthy.

Successful seed germination - Learn techniques to encourage productive germination.

Looking after seedlings - Find out how to care for young plants as they grow.

Organic methods for pest and weed control - Discover natural strategies to keep pests and weeds in check.

Composting - Turn food scraps and garden waste into nutrient rich compost.‑rich compost.

Wicking beds - Understand how wicking beds work to deliver water to keep your veggie patch healthy

Let's Grow Hume

Let’s Grow Hume is a program encouraging residents to grow food at home.

We offer free, face-to-face edible gardening workshops across our wonderful community facilities. Our workshops include cooking demonstrations where you learn how to prepare your home-grown veggies and create a healthy and delicious meal at home. We have a range of food growing topics such as growing food in tiny spaces showing you don't need a large garden, or even a backyard at all

By attending any of the Let’s Grow Hume workshops, participants are eligible to register to go in the draw to win a ‘Ready to Grow’ kit with everything you need to continue your edible gardening journey at home.  

Watch this space for our next series of Let’s Grow Hume workshops.

Live Green at Home

Videos:

  • Live Green at home – growing vegetables from seed
  • Learn how to grow garlic
  • How to build a sustainable worm tower
  • Indigenous food and fibre tour of The Nook, Sunbury

Gardening How-To Factsheets

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