Dig It! Garden
The Dig It! Royal Oak Community Garden was established in 1982. Today, this thriving community hub showcases organic and permaculture gardening practises to local schools, community groups and residents.
Visit us
We are open to the public from 9am until 2pm Tuesdays and Thursdays. Come for a visit and take a tour in our garden. Everyone is welcome!
Get involved
There are a number of different ways you can get involved with the Dig It! community.
Adopt a plot: You can adopt a garden bed to grow your own organic produce. Whether you’re a complete novice or have a serious green thumb, the Dig It! team are on-hand with both advice and support. We welcome all people, including people who have an impairment or who experience a mental illness. As a result, Dig It! is a diverse, vibrant and welcoming community to be part of. All our volunteers are important partners in the overall running of the garden. This can include assisting with the maintenance of the wider site, helping deliver events or providing administrative support.
Attend a workshop: We hold regular workshops throughout the year dedicated to permaculture, sustainability, health and wellbeing. Details of what’s coming up can be found on our Facebook page.
Take a tour: We welcome schools, community groups and other organisations who would like to visit our gardens. Whether you’d like to learn more about how gardens operate, organic gardening or see our accessible garden showcased, we can tailor a tour to suit your interests.
Workshops
We have partnered with Auckland Council, Spectrum Foundation and Foundation North to host a series of gardening workshops with a focus on sustainability. This project is 100% led by disabled people, with the aim that it can not only benefit whānau hauā (disabled people), but the wider Auckland community too. It will explore how we can make growing our own food accessable – increasing food security and building social connections along the way.
November community hui
Our first hui aims to get a greater understanding of what the community needs and wants to learn to use the garden sustainably. Your ideas and reflections will shape the upcoming workshop series. Kai provided.
Date: Thursday 12 November 2026
Time: 10am to 3pm
Location: Dig It! Garden behind CCS Disability Action, 14 Erson Ave, Royal Oak
Cost: Free
Accessibility: Venue is accessible. There will be NZSL interpreters and audio description. Let us know about any additional access or dietary requirements.
Register: Please RSVP by 5 November by completing the form below or contacting Kylie:
Kylie.Elsbury-Dawson@ccsDisabilityAction.org.nz or phone 09 950 5672 or text 027 695 0320.
Support our work
If you would like to help us keep this free community resource running, we would love your help to stock the garden with plants and supplies. There are also opportunities for corporate sponsorship.
Supporters
Dig It! receives funding from CCS Disability Action, one-off support from grants, sponsors, and donations from supporters of our garden community. Our garden sponsors and supporters include:
Bunnings Mt Roskill, Ceres Organics, Cornwall Park Trust Board, Counties Ready Mix Ltd, Daltons, Fletcher Reinforcing - A Fletcher Building Company, Gunson Estate, Leila MacDonald & David MacDonald, Barfoot & Thompson, Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board, Mitre10 & Horticom, Palmers Remuera, Phillip Gunther, Remuera Pharmacy, South Pacific Timber, Suncorp NZ, The Horton Family Trust, Unichem Walls & Roche Pharmacy, Vicky Barrett, Yates NZ, Yvonne Sanders Antiques Limited.