page_title: Community gardening
section_title: Australia
hierarchical_section_title: Community gardening / Examples / Australia
caption_attribution_description: English: Ringwood Community Garden, Melbourne, Australia.
context_page_description: A community garden is a single piece of land gardened collectively by a group of people. Community gardens utilize either individual or shared plots on private or public land while producing fruit, vegetables, and/or plants grown for their attractive appearance. Around the world, community gardens can fulfill a variety of purposes such as aesthetic and community improvement, physical or mental well-being, or land conservation.
context_section_description: The first Australian community garden was established in 1977 in Nunawading, Victoria followed soon after by Ringwood Community Garden in March 1980.
caption: Community Garden, Melbourne, Australia
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