Local governments as gatekeepers to community gardens: what does “support” mean?

Figures & data

Figure 1. Examples of sections from three local government community garden policies and the respective code to which each section was assigned.

Figure 2. Summary of the number of community garden policies from all New South Wales (NSW) and Victorian local governments (LGs), by state, and by geographical classification. Percentages are displayed as the proportion of the number of LGs with a policy from that division of the sample, i.e. n = 28 NSW LGs is equivalent to 22% of all (128) NSW LGs (not of the total sample); n = 19 metropolitan NSW LGs is equivalent to 56% of the 34 metropolitan LGs in NSW.

Table 1. Local government departments involved in/responsible for community garden policy implementation.

Community	Environment and infrastructure	Planning	Strategic and corporate
Community Wellbeing & Inclusion Community Strengthening Community Life Customer & Community Services Community Services Culture, Community & Recreation Community, Arts & Recreation Community & Environmental Planning	Environmental & Community Services Environment, Recreation & Infrastructure Open Space & Environmental Services Sustainable Environment & Economy Sustainability Infrastructure & Sustainability Shire Infrastructure Transport & Assets Works & Civil	Place & Projects City & Community Outcomes City Futures City Living City Planning City Planning, Design & Amenity Planning Planning & Development Planning & Sustainability	Service Delivery & Special Projects Strategic & Social Planning Corporate Finance & Community Services Corporate Corporate Strategy Corporate Strategy & Business Improvement