Community gardens
Our community gardens provide a space for staff, students and our wider community to grow their own fresh food alongside other new and experienced gardeners.
The 2 gardens, located at St Lucia and Gatton, provide a practical way to develop a stronger connection to the food we eat and the environment we live in. The gardens also promote social interaction across generations, disciplines and cultures through gardening, healthy eating and sharing skills and knowledge.
St Lucia campus
The St Lucia Community Garden is an accessible, multifunctional outdoor classroom in the heart of the campus. It serves as an area where students, staff and community members can come together to garden, prepare and cook freshly harvested produce, learn and relax outdoors.
The garden can host workshops and activities and provide opportunities for people to volunteer and socialise.
It features:
- raised beds
- an orchard
- an outdoor kitchen and sink to wash the freshly harvested produce
- tool shed
- compost facilities
- a rainwater tank.
The surrounding gardens, BBQ pavilion and outdoor seating provides a welcoming place to gather and relax.
Visit the garden
The garden is located on the corner of Sir Fred Schonell Drive and Sir William MacGregor Drive in St Lucia.
Gatton campus
The Gatton campus community garden supports a thriving community with:
- 38 garden beds
- a soil pit
- an outdoor seating area.
This garden owes its success to its dedicated members, particularly the UQ Plant Science Society.
The outdoor deck provides a space for academics to teach crop production, soil science and disease identification in a practical setting. The garden includes a fenced off area to grow plants that are poisonous to animals to assist veterinary students in identifying these plants.
Visit the garden
The garden is located next to the Resource Recovery Centre (RRC).
Get involved
We are always looking for new members and friendly faces to join the gardens.
Event hire
If you're not a member of the community garden group but would like to use the community garden for a social, recreational or educational activity or event, email sustainability@uq.edu.au.