The Garden
Seed Lakeside Community Garden is an inclusive community space next to the Sale Botanic Gardens and Lake Guthridge where people can come together to feel a sense of connection and belonging.
The aim of Seed is to give individuals and community groups the opportunity to make friends and learn new skills. To enjoy the many health and wellbeing benefits of being outdoors, getting their hands dirty growing growing healthy vegetables and sharing delicious food.
Our facilities are community accessible and the majority of our beds are managed so that the public can pick free herbs and vegetables year round. Egg and seedling sales are available via an honesty system which supports some of our regular activities. We also often partner with Wellington Shire programs through the Nakunbalook Environmental and Cultural Education Centre next door.
Garden Rules
✔ ONLY pick herbs or vegetables from our PINK PUBLIC beds (22 to 45) these have a PINK numbered sign on them
✔ Always LEAVE some for the next person as SHARING is important here
✔ Be RESPECTFUL and TOLERANT of other people
✔ Children must be SUPERVISED
✔ Dogs must be on a LEASH and CONTROLLED
✔ THEFT or DAMAGE to any area at the garden will not be tolerated
✔ The garden is a smoke and illicit DRUG FREE SITE
✔ SNAKES and SPIDERS live here too - please be watchful
It is a place to gather, learn, connect, and belong
Development
Seed is built on reclaimed lands and is a showcase of resilience, adaptation, and connection.
Opened in 2020 during the covid lockdowns the garden has always had a strong mental health focus as well as being a great growing facility. With assistance from the Wellington Shire, Sale Rotary Club and others, the garden today has become a popular space for green thumbs, tourists, public events, and as a learning hub and as a safe space to reflect.
In 2025 Seed started a new development consisting of a bee and pollinator garden, as well as a trial market garden space. The aim is to extend our educational space, add ecological resistance to our growing areas, and to expand the variety of things we can produce.
The Team
At its heart, Seed continues to be nurtured by a team of dedicated volunteers who are in turn supported by a diverse volunteer-led committee of management and a couple of part-time staff.
President: Tim Rowe
Vice President: Michelle Turner