There is some great information out there about growing food in the Top End. These are some our favourites.
FACT SHEETS
Tropical Produce Fact Sheets – a collection of fact sheets from both Taste of The Top End and City of Darwin.
Ten Easy Wet Season Plants – some great suggestions for almost guaranteed success in the wet.
Vegetable Sewing Calendar for the Darwin/Katherine Region
Planting and Harvesting Calendar by Taste of the Top End – a quick reference guide that will help you understand what to plant when.
BOOKS
Tropical Food Gardens
A staple for Top End gardeners, Leonie Norrington’s legendary gardening book is a great place for new gardeners to start. Available from local bookstores, Council libraries or online.
The Tropical Permaculture Guidebook – Vols. 1, 2 & 3
An incredibly thorough resource about permaculture gardening in the tropics, developed in Timor Leste.
The No-Mower Food Grower’s Guide
Developed in North Queensland, much of the content in this free 94 page booklet is relevant to Top End gardening.
ONLINE RESOURCES
GULP’s Youtube Channel
Includes three short videos for happy soil.
Darwin Backyard Plants (facebook group)
Not specifically focussed on edible gardens but plenty of relevant posts and helpful, knowledgeable people.
Darwin Food and Useful Garden Growers Group (facebook group)
Share Waste
Connects people with food scraps to nearby composters and chickens!
Remote Indigenous Gardens
A variety of interesting resources and content, worth the dig.
DGEN (Darwin Garden Education Network) Fact Sheets
Great fact sheets for educators
RELATED RESOURCES
Rosemary Morrow, Earth Users Guide to Permaculture
David Suzuki, Sacred balance
Dilafruz R. Williams and Jonathan D. Brown, Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education – bringing life to schools and schools to life (2012).
All books by Michael Pollan