From Seed to Forest: Growing Together in Celebration

Saturday 20 September 2025 | 07:30 AM

Nerang

This Saturday, we gather not only with tools and seedlings in hand, but with hearts full of gratitude and celebration.

We gather not only with tools and seedlings in hand, but with hearts full of gratitude and celebration. Today, we honour a powerful milestone in our shared journey – Ediblescapes has been awarded the Nature-Based Tourism Grant in full support of our vision for community-led agroecology, food forest education, and regenerative tourism.

This is our collective achievement.

Every leaf composted, every tree planted, every story told, every visitor welcomed – it has all brought us to this moment. This grant is a recognition of the living work we’ve cultivated here on Kombumerri Country: a public edible forest garden, rooted in care, knowledge, solidarity, and ecological regeneration.

And what better way to celebrate than by putting our hands in the soil together?

We will plant the second wave of thinker bio-intensive edible-leaf trees – resilient, perennial companions that will nourish generations to come. These trees aren’t just food sources – they are teachers, oxygen-makers, shade-bearers, and a living testament to our shared commitment to agroecological futures.

As we plant, we also continue weaving the stories of this place – through soil, leaves, and soon, through the cameras and voices of our own community storytellers. Thanks to this grant, we’ll be building capacity to document and share the Ediblescapes experience far beyond Nerang – in our own words, our own images, our own rhythm.

We are not just building a garden.

We are nurturing a living curriculum. A site of joy, resilience, and public learning.

We are making the future edible, one tree, one story, one shared action at a time.

Getting there

Consider using public transport or active travel. Plan your trip with Translink's journey planner.

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