Melbourne Skyfarm

Check out this nice harvest haul! 🍆⁠ ⁠ Of course, we do share! ⁠ ⁠ Did you know at Skyfarm we partner with @ozharvest_melbourne on a regular basis to donate food? We love giving back to our community and feel very fortunate to have a partnership with not for profit food donation organisations like Oz Harvest!⁠ ⁠ #freshveggies #foodhaul #veggiegarden #foodcube #melbournecbd

Join our in-house urban farming expert, Andre as he plants our grafted dwarf apple tree. 🍎⁠ ⁠ By grafting our apple trees, we are able to produce a more desirable plant each time. They are more resistant to any disease and can withstand harsher climates. ⁠ ⁠ Do you graft your fruit trees? ⁠ ⁠ #appletrees #grafting #raisedbeds #gardeninspiration #gardentips #appletree #growyourownfood #appletreefarm #growyourfood #urbanfarm #farmfresh

A peaceful, thriving urban oasis right in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Melbourne’s CBD! 💚⁠ ⁠ #melbourne #melbournecbd #urbanfarmingrevolution #citygreen #bestcityviews #greenestcity #urbanviews #urbanagriculture #locallygrown #microgreens #organicgardening

We’re obsessed with our rooftop veggies! 😍⁠ ⁠ #eatseasonal #foodsecurity #seasonalproduce #organicgardening #urbanfarming #sustainablefood #sustainableagriculture #foodshortage #growyourown #gardeningaustralia

You're never too young to start caring for the Earth! ⁠ ⁠ The joys of gardening can be shared by all ages. We're so excited to play a part in igniting kids' passion for gardening and the environment when we open.⁠ ⁠ Empowering children and young people by giving them the tools to embrace sustainable living is one way to lessen our individual and collective environmental impact - and the best way to ensure a healthy future for them!⁠ ⁠ #growyourownfood #sustainable #greenlifestyle #kidsgardening #gardeningforkids #everyonecangrowtheirown #veggarden #future #enviroment #saveourplanet

Come on a tour of a community farm at @liveatthecape! Residents at The Cape sustainable community in Cape Paterson are able to grow their own food here, with help from their urban farmer.⁠ ⁠ They've planted heaps of veggies and have already harvested so much produce for everyone to enjoy at The Cape this spring!⁠ ⁠ #housingdevelopment #capepaterson #gippsland #regionalvic #sustainablehome #communityfarm #locallygrown #sustainablefood #growyourfood #organicveggies

We need to be designing food production for all of our new communities. Looking to the future, it is essential infrastructure and given the current cost of living crisis, it is something that can provide relief for thousands of families across the country.⁠ ⁠ The @liveatthecape sustainable living community has homes with no gas bills, small electricity bills and many of the houses here are coupled with long-range electric vehicles - a community designed to have very low running costs.⁠ ⁠ We have all of the ingredients to tackle food security at our fingertips – the missing link has been food-growing platforms. At The Cape, they showcase a range of food-growing systems and hope that this will serve as an inspiration for other communities and a new normal for developers and housing estates in the future.⁠ ⁠ #sustainableliving #bills #housingdevelopment #capepaterson #sustainablehome #energyefficient #foodsecurity #growyourfood #livingcost #regionalvictoria

We love this explanation of this productive urban farm designed and built by @thesustainablelandscapecompany at @liveatthecape sustainable community in Cape Paterson using @biofilta #foodcube wicking beds. Have a listen to how it all works 😊🍎🥦🍅🌶 #urbanfarming #plantyourownfood #wickingbeds #farmtotable #communityfarm #urbanagriculture

Today is the UN’s International Awareness Day for Food Loss and Waste. Many people overlook food waste in the climate change debate but it’s a huge contributor, responsible for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions. To help people take action we’re sharing this message to show our support for @ozharvest in the fight against food waste.⁠ ⁠ Want to get involved? The easiest way to help fight food waste is to take a look in the fridge and use up whatever you can. ⁠ ⁠ What’s for dinner tonight?⁠ ⁠ #FLWday #FightFoodWaste #UseItUp #StopFoodLossWaste #SDG12 #climatechange #environment @unep

There's an urban farming revolution happening across Australia! ⁠ ⁠ With the current increases in food, fuel and cost of living, sustainability expert Brendan Condon was invited on to The Morning Show on Channel 7 this morning to discuss urban farming with a national audience. ⁠ ⁠ There were lots of questions about how we can grow more food close to our homes and communities, and reduce our food bills and living expenses.⁠ ⁠ It was a lively and fun interview – we hope you enjoy it...⁠ ⁠ #beefriendly #wickingbeds #environmentalfriendly #wastefree #urbanfarmingrevolution #urbangreenery #foodsecurity #organicveggies #rooftopfarmers #urbanagriculture #morningshow #channel7 #foodbills #farming #organicfarming #agricultureaustralia #australia

It's great to see other urban farms like this one popping up! Check out this great piece by Jackie Quist from @channel7 at the workplace farm at the premises of our designers and landscape constructors @thesustainablelandscapecompany in South East Melbourne.⁠ ⁠ Designed by TSLC and featuring around 60 #foodcube advanced wicking beds, the farm can produce over a tonne of fresh produce per annum, making a direct and practical contribution to reducing food bills for staff. With the cost of living increasing – rising food, energy and petrol bills – there is no reason why many workplaces across Australia couldn’t follow suit and install a workplace farm. They are the gift that keeps giving!⁠ ⁠ Great to see Athol Road Primary School in Springvale and their thriving urban farm on Channel 7 as well, which also features Australian made and designed foodcube wicking beds.⁠ ⁠ #urbanfarming #urbangreening #foodmilestometers #localfood #reducedfoodbills #costofliving #australianproduce #growyourownfood

Skyfarm was designed and built by the @thesustainablelandscapecompany and is inspiring the creation of other farms like this beautiful workplace farm at the @australianecosystems nursery. ⁠ ⁠ This farm produces over a tonne of fresh vegetables and herbs per year for the staff at the nursery.⁠ ⁠ Check it out in this short video…⁠ ⁠ Could your workplace do with a workplace farm?⁠ ⁠ #pesticidefreezone #urbanfarm #freshproduce #wickingbeds #environmentalfriendly #cityfarm #regenerativeagriculture #rooftopfarm #urbanfarming #urbanoasis #foodcube #greeningcities #workculture #growyourownfood #workgarden #foodsecurity

We are going to be at @melbflowershow for the next few days at the @thesustainablelandscapecompany and @thediggersclub collaborative popup farm! Come say hi and learn more about urban farming. Eily will be giving a talk about the design and future of Skyfarm on Thursday at 2:30! The Melbourne International Flower & Garden show (MIFGS, affectionately) is the biggest celebration of landscaping, gardening, flowers & plants in town! 🌸🌱🌼 Definitely check it out if you can, starting Wednesday March 30-Sunday April 3. #mifgs #flowershow #skyfarm #landscaping #urbanfarming

It’s gonna be a hot one! We are up on Skyfarm harvesting heaps of absolutely gorgeous produce to donate to @ozharvest 🥬 Fresh veggies are their number one request from people facing food insecurity, so we are thrilled to help by growing produce up on this previously empty carpark rooftop. The garden is humming with life, fully of ladybugs 🐞 and bees 🐝, and we expect to pull over 100kg of vegetables out today for donation! #melbourneskyfarm #rooftopgarden #urbangreening #sustainability @ozharvest_melbourne

Melbourne Skyfarm Launch

We have been working behind the scenes to build Melbourne's ultimate rooftop farm and sustainability education platform. Converting a 2000 square metre carpark rooftop into a productive, climate and water sensitive, biodiverse space has been a wonderful project and we were so delighted to launch this to the world today! Thanks to everyone who came down! #sustainability #urbanfarm #melbourneskyfarm #rooftopfarm