Want to feel like a total gardening winner?! 🌟🏆🌱👩🏻🌾
Microgreens might be tiny, but they’re mighty nutritional! 💪🏽
Perfect for kids or fussy eaters, they’re an easy way to get a whole lot of green goodness into you without prep or chopping etc. 💚
Just snip and eat! 😋✂️
Chuck them in:
🥤smoothies
🥗salads
🥪sandwiches
🍲soups - the list is endless!
Get microgreen magic seeds sent to your place by signing up to the Grow It Local + membership via the link in our bio ☝🏽
Get healthy & happy with Microgreens this winter! 🌱😁
#GrowItLocal #HealthyFood #GoodForYou #GoodFood #Nutrition #HappyFoods #EatYourVegetables #EatWell #ImmunityBoosting
It’s here! Our Winter Microgreens collection is being shipped out to letterboxes all across Australia!🌞💌🌱
This season you’ll be growing along with the one and only:
🌱Paul West @_paul_west_
— across all varieties! 🫶🏽💚
Together with Paul you’ll learn how to grow:
🌿Heirloom Microgreen Red Cabbage
🥦Heirloom Microgreen Broccoli
🥕Heirloom Microgreen Carrot
🌱Heirloom Microgreen Radish
Be sure to scan the QR codes on your seed packets to watch the videos with Paul and join the growing journey with others across the country this season🤳🏽
You’ll be guided through every step of growing from prep, to harvesting your delicious home grown produce.💚
Head to the link in our bio to sign up to the Grow It Local + membership to join and get seeds delivered to your door.💌
Let’s get growing! 🌱🌞
Illustrations by: @gulliverhancock
#GrowItLocal #GrowAtHome #GrowTogether #GrowYourOwn Communit
Everyone & anyone can grow micro-greens! 🧚🏽♀️🪄🥦
🌱They’re a dream for rookie growers
🚫You don’t need a bunch of tools or materials to get started
🪴Microgreens only need a tiny amount of space to grow
💨They grow fast
😄They’re fuss free
🥪You can eat microgreens on almost anything
How’re your microgreens growing? 💭🌱
#GrowItLocal #GrowFood #MicrogreenMagic #GrowMicrogreens #GrowYourOwn #SmallSpaceGrowing #BalconyGarden #Wellness
No garden? No worries 🪱
You don’t need a huge backyard or fancy compost setup to recycle food scraps at home.
Grab a large pot, place an in-ground worm farm or a lidded bucket with holes drilled through the sides and bottom in the centre, then fill around it with potting mix and your favourite herbs, greens or strawberries.
Add compost worms and a little damp bedding.
Feed your worms a balance of greens and browns.
🍃Greens:
• Veggie scraps
• Fruit scraps
• Coffee grounds
• Tea leaves
🍂 Browns:
• Shredded cardboard
• Paper
• Dry leaves
• Sugar cane mulch
The worms move between the centre bucket and surrounding soil, turning food waste into nutrient-rich castings right where your plants need them.
It’s a simple way to close the loop in small spaces. Less waste to landfill, healthier soil, and fresh food growing in the same pot.
Perfect for balconies, courtyards, rentals or tiny backyards 🌱
#GrowItLocal #SmallSpace #Compost #BalconyGardening #WormFarm
From balcony herbs to backyard harvests 🌱🍅
Supported by Waverley Council since the very beginning, @growitlocal has grown into a national success story with more than 50,000 members across Australia.
If you live in Waverley, joining is completely FREE and packed with perks:
🌿 Expert-led workshops
📚 Practical how-to guides
💻 Exclusive webinars
🌱 Free vegetable seeds for new members
It’s all part of creating a more sustainable, connected community - helping locals grow, share and enjoy homegrown food together!
🔗 Join now through the link in our bio.
#GrowItLocal #WaverleyCouncil #SustainableLiving #GrowLocal #CommunityGardening
Join us at Riverwood Community Centre (NSW) on Saturday 30 May 10-3pm, for the 2026 Community Growing Conference — a full day of practical workshops, inspiring speakers and great connections with fellow community food growers from across the region! 🌱
Hosted by @costasworld and presented by Community Gardens Australia @communitygardensaustralia in partnership with Grow It Local and Permaculture Australia @permacultureaustraliaofficial , the day includes a keynote from Darryl Nichols @darrylator , community composting with Ashley Wearne, microclimate gardening with Nevin Sweeney, plus great food from the Community Kitchen and plenty of time to network. 🫶🏽
Whether you’re part of a garden or just getting started, don’t miss this inspiring community growing event! 👩🏽🌾
Get tickets: /annual-nsw-community-growing-conference
Check out our event directory for all the details:
.au/event/annual-nsw-community-growing-conference/
Episode 274 : Grow It Local Darryl Nichols and Paul West
Darryl and Paul, co-founders of @growitlocal are on a mission to get more Australian’s growing and eating locally grown foods. Deryn chats to them about their work, seeds and visits to community gardens.
Enjoy! 😀🥦🥕🌽🫑🌶️🥒🥝🍅🍆🫐🍓🍇🍎🍋🟩🍌🍍🥬🧅🧄🫒
#growitlocal #growyourown #homegrown #veggies #allthedirt #darrylnichols #paulwest #gardeningpodcast #growathome #growtogether
Grow it Local has teamed up with the legends at @backyardfarmerau@cyclonetools & @popeproductsaustralia to give you the chance to win an EPIC prize pack, valued at $200 this Winter! 🌱🎁
One lucky winner will be chosen at random and announced via our Instagram Stories on Friday 29 May 2026. Grow It Local will DM the winner after the announcement has been made to organise delivery of the prize pack 🙌🏽
HOW TO ENTER 👇🏽
1️⃣ Like this post
2️⃣ Tell us what you’ll be growing this Winter in the comments below!
3️⃣ Make sure you’re following @growitlocal plus our pals:
@backyardfarmerau@cyclonetools@popeproductsaustralia
✨ BONUS ✨
1 comment = 1 entry
Enter as many times as you like!
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Giveaway T&Cs
Open to Australian residents aged 18+.
Giveaway runs from 7:30am Thursday 14 May to 11:59pm Thursday 28 May 2026 (AEST).
Winner chosen at random and announced Friday 29 May 2026 via Grow It Local Instagram Stories.
Prize: A collection of products from @backyardfarmerau Farmer, @cyclonetools and @popeproductsaustralia valued at $200.00.
This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by Instagram.
Did you miss the workshop back in March with Sophie Thomson (@sophiespatch ) all about vertical veggie gardening?! 🤎🌿
Not a worry, you can access all past workshops via our back catalogue ‘on demand’ 👩🏽💻
Happy watching, learning and growing! 🫶🏽🥕
#GrowItLocal #GrowAtHome #GrowYourOwn
Totally worth the wait!
Grown from seed from the @growitlocal Rainbow Range 🙌
What are you growing now?
I have some brassicas (broc, cauli, kale) planted out and more to go in, as well as my alliums (onions, garlic) which I am hoping to plant this weekend.
Silverbeet, warrigal greens, rocket, bok choy and lettuce are providing plenty of greens 🤭 Also, heaps of lovely apples fresh from the tree 🍎
Happy growing everyone 🌿
Garlic Planting Season 2026!
A little bit later than normal but the beds are prepped and the weather is perfect! We generally aim to have all our garlic planted by ANZAC day.
This year we are planting out 4 beds of garlic in total which will keep our entire family fed with garlic for 2027!
Each bed is 2m x 1m and our planting configuration is 6 rows of 13 plants (15cm spacing)
We are planting 2 hardneck varieties - Spanish Roja and Rojo de Castro - both have fantastic red skins and a delicious garlic flavour!
Garlic generally takes 6 - 7 months from planting til harvest so be sure to follow us to get all the updates on our garlic journey at @innercitypermaculture
#timelapse #hyperlapse #garlic #planting #urbanfarming
It’s International Compost Awareness Week 🌱♻️
A gentle reminder that what we often throw “away”… doesn’t go away. 🗑️
But it can become something incredible.
Your food scraps have the power to:
🌿 build living soil
🌿 nourish future harvests
🌿 reduce what ends up in landfill
Composting is one of the simplest, most impactful things we can do at home — for our gardens, our communities, and the planet. 🌏
Start small. A handful of scraps. A simple system.
That’s all it takes to begin.🌟
Let this be the week you turn waste into something that grows! 🌱
SAVE this to come back to + SHARE to spread the compost love 💚🪱
#CompostAwarenessWeek #GrowItLocal #SoilHealth #Composting
