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Bank Street Market Saturday 19th May The Big Bank Street Market is on again this Saturday May 19th at the South Melbourne Commons. Be sure to make it part of your weekend plans. Discover an array of quality vintage, handmade, designer flea & eco-friendly arts, crarts & retro clothing at the Bank Street Market. The first Bank Street Market was a big success with over 30 stalls and 500 visitors on the day. They Commons came to life with colour, music and bargan hunters and Melbourne turned on the weather to make it a day to remember. The Bank Street Market is a regular event at the Commons on the 3rd Saturday of every month. See the wepage for more details or to book your stall.
Mega Garage Sale The South Melbourne Commons will participate in the national Garage Sale Trail on Saturday May 5th 9am to 1pm and we invite you to hold your own garage sale alongside us in our community space or come along and shop for a bargain.  Whilst you are there, why not drop into the Pantry to do our grocery shopping and stop by the Commons cafe for a coffee or delicious meal.   To get involved please contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (03) 96825282    
Free Food Gardening Workshop Announced The Commons is hosting a free Autumn and winter planting food garden workshop. This free workshop will provide an overview on what vegetables are best planted for autumn and over winter. Information will be give on each vegetable group, what manure is needed and how to plant them for the best yields. Limit of 20 people.

Saturday May 5 and 12
10am to 11:00am and 2pm to 3pm To RSVP and see more details about our gardening workshops visit our Garden Workshops page

Welcome to the
South Melbourne Commons

The South Melbourne Commons is a family friendly community hub.

The Commons helps to bring back the sense of living in our local South Melbourne neighbourhood - It's a public place where you bump into your friends and neighbours - It's a place you can visit to buy your fresh organic fruit, vegetables and groceries whilst your kids are engrossed in a gardening workshop. Enjoy a meal and coffee in the cafe or just sit in our beautiful cafe garden and read the newspaper - everyone is welcome at the Commons.

Pantry apples and jam hall

 

The Commons provides the local community of South Melbourne with valuable goods and services:

  • a community café serving hot organic fair trade coffee and meals made using seasonal produce
  • a food cooperative providing fresh fruit, vegetables, cleaning products and common grocery items
  • beautiful community food gardens which supply produce for our café and food cooperative
  • children’s space featuring playgroups, gardening club, parties and after school activities
  • a community hall that you can hire for your functions and events
  • affordable office and meeting spaces for community groups
  • a playground and much more.

 
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Health & Wellness

We need to take care of our bodies, mind and spirit.  Weekly classes in yoga, pilates and Nia Dance are available at the Commons to help restore some balance to your life.

Nia Dance - Nia is a movement and lifestyle practice that joyfully blends Martial Arts, Dance Arts and Healing Arts to stimulate, condition and heal your body, mind, emotions and spirit.

Yoga - Yoga Basics - Suitable for all ages and no experience required.

Pilates - Look long, lean and lengthened! Improve your strength, balance, flexibility and posture.  Classes for students of all levels and a unique FABS 45+ programme  for older exercisers who prefer to move a little more slowly

View our events calendar to see when the next classes are scheduled.

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Membership

Become a Member Today - Join the Commons Club

By becoming a member you are showing your support for the Commons and members receive great benefits like:

  • 10% off all purchases at the Commons Cafe (includes meal and coffee)
  • 10% off all purchases at The Pantry (organic fruit, vegetables & groceries and more)
  • 10% off hall and meeting room hire
  • 10% off community office space rental
  • 10% off Apples and Jam kids community activities.
  • One complimentary Nia dance session of their choice

To become a member simply download and complete  our Membership Form and either post or email it back to the address specified in the form.  One of our team will be in touch with you to confirm your membership has been processed.

 

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Gardening Workshops

The Commons is hosting a range of gardening workshops.

For beginners we provide the basics of how to grow your own veggies from seed in pots.

More advanced gardeners can learn about intensive food production systems or undertake a Permaculture Design Certificate.

Courses on composting, growing mushrooms, sprouts and making your own riased wick garden bed are also available.

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Volunteer

The Commons relies on community volunteers to support our operations. The Commons provides you with a range of flexible casual and regular volunteer opportunities.

Help out in our gardens, the Pantry organic grocery store, the office, fundraising, website maintenence or run a community event.

Ask us about our special volunteer offer that rewards volunteers with a credit that they can spend at The Pantry to buy food and groceries.

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Sustainability

The Commons is all about engaging with the community to promote sustainable living.

We have just produced a series of resources to help you make your home more comfortable whilst reducing your ecological impact.  We've also released a guide to help community groups undertake sustainable retrofits on their buildings as well as showcasing the educational signs that will be installed at the Commons.

We've already run a whole series of workshops and themed days on a variety of sustainablity topics.  If you're passionate and want to know, please clean here and read more details.

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Photo Gallery

The Commons with it's heritage listed features and beautiful food gardens is an amazing place to visit or host your next event.  Please take the time to look our photo gallery to see how amazing the public community space is.

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