Food For Alice runs a weekly farmer’s produce market on Saturdays 9-11am (reopening 13 June) at the Alice Springs Community Garden, 105 Burke St, East Side.

Food for Alice (FFA) is a food project which connects local people with local produce. We are a social enterprise working toward food security for our community. Every Saturday from 9-11 we hold a market at the Alice Springs Community Garden (ASCG) – selling fresh, quality produce from local, ethical suppliers including farmers, the ASCG, bakeries, honey producers, coffee roasters and backyard growers.

Want produce?: Come to the FFA market!
Saturday, 9-11
Alice Springs Community Garden, 105 Burke St, East Side

Got produce?: Get in touch!
Email – [email protected]
Drop off – Saturday 8-8:45

Got time?: Become a volunteer!
Email – [email protected]

When you support FFA you help reduce food waste, food miles, support local producers and help fight the supermarket duopoly. Profits support the Alice Springs Community Garden. Join us in creating a culture and community around local food. See you on Saturday :)

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ALEC has been supporting the establishment of a community garden in Alice Springs since 2007, and continues to provide ongoing organisational support. The Alice Springs Community Garden (ASCG) has come to be a thriving hub of activity with more than 50 personal and community gardening plots, bush medicine and mandala gardens, a cob oven and regular working bees and community events. The garden is run by a volunteer committee and recently became a Garden for Wildlife member.

Regular community events are held at the ASCG, and provide an opportunity to learn more about best arid zone gardening practices.

The ASCG is located at Frances Smith Park (between burke and Kurrajong St, Eastside). Regular working bees are held from 8.30am on the 1st and 3rd Sundays or every month. Volunteers are always welcome, just remember to bring a hat, closed shoes, protective clothing and a water bottle.

The ASCG is dedicated to sharing best practice food gardening in Alice Springs, and businesses, schools, community organisations and individuals are encouraged to become Friends of the Garden to access quality information, connect with each other and share resources. 

Friends of the Garden receive

• bi-monthly E-newsletter
• access to communal plots and produce at the Garden
• eligibility to apply for a private garden plot
• access to local gardening advice and expertise
• access to community food projects including Food for Alice.
• access to Garden working bees and social events

You can become a Garden Friend by joining ALEC. Once you become an ALEC member you need a garden site induction at one of the garden working bees to be able to receive the gate code.

To find out more information about the ASCG please email [email protected], keep up to date via the ASCG Facebook page or sign up for the garden newsletter

Check out the latest news on the community garden blog.

Image: Gardening Australia's Costa Georgiadis at the Alice Springs Community Garden

Adrian Tomlinson
CEO

Adrian holds degrees in environmental engineering and philosophy.  He brings experience in advocating and working for water security in both Western Australia and the Northern Territory, with Government, community and industry.

In Western Australia, Adrian worked to protect drinking water supplies from contamination and then as a Manager for the Swan-Canning Cleanup Program, a catchment wide program to keep Perth’s waterways healthy.  In the Northern Territory Adrian has worked as a water resources planner with the Department  of Environment, Parks and Water Security.

Roz Walden
Operations Manager

Roz is a progessive, senior leader who is passionate about strengthening the community sector and promoting the value of place-based community advocacy organisations. Holding undergraduate management qualifications and a Masters in Environmental Management, Roz brings to ALEC her 15+ years’ experience in leadership and management spanning not-for-profit environmental advocacy, environmental consultancy, small business, tourism, and events.

Prior to joining ALEC, Roz headed up ALEC's sister organisation in far North Queensland so is familiar with the sector, advocacy and workings of local environment centres. As Operations Manager, Roz manages ALEC’s operational systems to deliver improved organisational effectiveness and capacity to help the organisation reach its goals.

Alex Vaughan

Policy Officer

Alex relocated to Mpartwe/Alice Springs from Sydney, where he completed a Bachelor of Science at the University of Sydney majoring in Environmental Studies and Plant Science, as well as completing Honours in Geography. Alex has published an academic paper on Sydney’s renewable energy transition, in addition to tutoring geography at USyd.

Alex loves to hike and camp, read about Indigenous history and Indigenous land management practices, cook tasty savoury treats and develop his native plant identification skills.  He is excited to be in Mpartwe/Alice Springs, to continue the fight to protect water, land, climate and culture. 

Hannah Ekin
Fracking Campaign Coordinator

Hannah Ekin first became involved in the anti-fracking campaign as a member of the Central Australian Frack Free Alliance community group. Hannah holds a degree in geography and has a long-held interest in the politics of land use and extraction.

Prior to moving to Central Australia, Hannah spent several years living in Indonesia researching and making art about struggles against eviction and the privatisation of Jakarta Bay. In Indonesia, Hannah was introduced to many great examples of community organising and coalition building for environmental justice goals, principles she always aims to apply her work in Central Australia. 

Hayley Michener
Program Manager - Community Solutions - Future Grid

Hayley has spent her entire working career in Alice Springs, save for a brief contract working for a freshwater biology lab in Brisbane. Hayley began working for a local environmental consultancy doing flora and fauna assessments before moving more into sustainability programs including commercial water auditing for Alice Water Smart and managing a household sustainability program, desertSMART COOLMob.

For five years, Hayley was the Environment Officer at the Alice Springs Town Council where she was responsible for a range of community and technical projects in energy, solar and waste. She holds a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and enjoys hiking and getting involved in the arts scene of Alice Springs.

Arid Edge Environmental Services

Ra Sim
Landscape Designer, Horticulturist

Ra is an Alice Springs based designer, junior architect, horticulturalist and community worker, with 10 years experience working in both urban and remote contexts. She is passionate about well designed, sustainable and practical solutions for housing and public spaces in central Australia and particularly remote Aboriginal communities.