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How to Join My Smart Garden

Signing up to be a Smart Gardener is simple, easy and free! The program is aimed at Moonee Valley and Hobsons Bay council residents, however others may attend events if space permits.

  1. Please fill in your details in the registration form below.
  2. We'd like you to let us know where you're at with your gardening so we can design events and provide gardening resources that suit your needs. The list below also gives you some ideas for smart gardening actions you might like to take in your garden. Starting with the Bronze checklist, please mark the actions you’ve ‘Already Done’, 'Want to do' or 'Not yet'.  Feel free to suggest other gardening actions that aren't on the list by entering these at the top of the checklist.
  3. Review your selections, enter the code and press SUBMIT.
  4. Begin your Smart Garden adventure! You'll receive regular emails about gardening events, discounts from garden suppliers, prizes and more.
  5. Share how you're going with your gardening. You can win monthly prizes by letting us know what sustainable gardening activities you've been up to. Email us at contactus@mysmartgarden.org.au 

My Smart Garden Gold booklet (pdf, 584KB) 
My Smart Garden Silver booklet (pdf, 490KB) 
My Smart Garden Bronze booklet (pdf, 529KB) 

If you’d like a copy of the Bronze, Silver and Gold actions list, please feel free to download or print our Choose Your Own Adventure Action spreadsheet.

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Add your suggestions for your own actions.

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Choose Your Own Garden Adventure

Bronze

Smart Garden
Already Done
Want To Do
Not Yet
Food
Attend a Local Food Swap
Compost your Kitchen Waste
Eat a new part of a vegetable you have grown
Plant a Fruit Tree
Plant a tomato in spring
Plant some salad vegetables
Plant herbs
Start a Compost Pile Bin Tumbler or Worm Farm
Habitat
Learn about the Habitat of a Local Species
Plant Indigenous Plants
Provide Water in a Birdbath
Secure your Pets to Protect Wildlife
Shade
Install an outdoor clothes line
Plant Deciduous Vines for Shading
Water
Divert Your Downpipes onto Your Garden Areas
Install a Rain Gauge
Mulch Your Garden
Reuse Water from Your Shower or Bath
Use a Trigger Nozzle for Your Hose
Use below 100 litres per person per day
Water at the Right Time of the Day (Morning or Night)
Other
Draw a Map of Your Garden
Help at a Permablitz Working Bee
Share Smart Gardening with your Neighbours
Source Garden Materials Locally
Undertake a Soil Test

Silver

Already Done
Want To Do
Not Yet
Food
Aerate Your Compost Bin
Join a Local Food Swap
Make Jams or Chutneys with Your Produce
Plant More or Different Fruit Trees
Plant more or different herbs
Plant More or Different Vegetables
Rotate Your Vegetable Crops
Use your Compost or Worm Castings
Germinate Your Own Seedlings Direct or in Trays
Habitat
Install Nesting Boxes
Plant Flowering Trees Indigenous to Your Area
Plant More Native Plants at Different Heights or Densities
Provide Rocks and Logs as Habitat
Reduce Pesticide Use Through Planting Choices
Shade
Install Outside Awnings
Plant House Shading Shrubs
Water
Direct Water from Paved Areas onto Your Garden
Divert Downpipes into a Rainwater Barrel or Bin
Install a Dripper System
Install a Greywater Diverter
Install a Rainwater tank for Garden Watering
Remove Hard Paving
Water to Your Plants Requirements Only
Other
Advocate for a Common Garden eg Apartment Building
Offer to be a Garden Buddy for Someone Less Able
Sign Up for a Sustainable or Permaculture Garden Design
Sign Up One New Household to the Program
Treat Your Soil to Improve Its Productivity

Gold

Already Done
Want To Do
Not Yet
Food
Build Your Own Hothouse
Create Your Own Mulch On Site
Keep Bees
Keep Chickens
Organise a local food swap
Plant Nitrogen Fixing Vegetables
Preserve or Bottle Your Own Produce
Prune Your Fruit Trees
Save and reuse your seed on site
Significantly increase your area of productive space
Shade
Install a Pergola for Shading
Plant house shading trees
Habitat
Go 100% organic
Install a Pond for Frogs Birds and other Wildlife
Plant Dense Shrubs
Plant Nectar Plants
Protect Mature Trees with Hollows
Water
Create Your Own Wicking Garden Bed
Install a Raingarden
Make Your Paving Permeable
Plumb a Rainwater Tank to your Toilet
Other
Host a My Smart Garden Workshop
Offer your Land at on landshareaustralia.com.au
Organise a Garden Working Bee
Share Smart Gardening with Two More Households
Share your Smart Gardening Story
Use Sustainable Garden Materials
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