Welcome to The Producers!
Enjoy Gardening? Love being around plants? Keen to grow some produce? Want to meet others and create ways to be more sustainable? Look no further! The Producers are the perfect community for you!
Here at The Producers, we're all about promoting sustainability on campus. We're a volunteer-based group dedicated to planting, maintaining and harvesting veggies (or "produce") .
Keen to join the Producers Team?
Why get involved?
- Find Your People: join other students passionate about improving campus and make some lifelong friends
- Level Up Your Skills: gain heaps of skills to grow, develop, and make your resume shine
- Get Recognised: add The Producers to your Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement (AHEGS)
- Make An Impact : give back to your campus community
- Have Some Fun: get celebrated and have fun with exclusive opportunities for Arc Volunteers within and outside of your time volunteering.
You don't need to have any experience just a passion to make a difference!
Volunteers:
Volunteers are down in the Urban Garden weekly taking care of the fruit, veges, compost and worm farm! Volunteers also part take in our weekly workshops and cooking up delicious produce for the Producers Picnic.
- Time Commitment: 2 hrs/week during term
- Training: Saturday February 22, 2025, 10-5PM
- Applications close 11:59pm Sunday February 16, 2025
Senior Volunteers:
Senior Volunteers lead the volunteers in their gardening sessions, organise events, and help drive the vision of the program alongside the coordinator.
- Time Commitment: 4 hrs/week during term
- Training: Friday January 31, 2025, 12-5PM
- Applications close 11:59pm Sunday January 19, 2025
We can't wait to see your application!
Urban Garden
The producers look after The Urban Garden located down at the Village Green!
The Urban Garden is a community-run garden where the UNSW community work together to grow and harvest fresh fruit and veggies.
We hold weekly gardening sessions, workshops and events open to both students and staff!
The Garden is open during the Sessions!
Monday: Gardening Session 12pm-4pm
Tuesday: Workshop 12pm-4pm
Wednesday: Gardening Session 12pm-4pm
Thursday: Producers Picnic (free lunch) 12pm-4pm
Friday: Gardening Session 12pm-4pm
HERES SOME LINKS! (Not the Zelda kind)
Contact The Producers!
The Producers Coordinator
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