At Green Thumb Farm, we're developing the Worm Project — Turning Food Waste into Living Soil to help turn suitable food scraps into a valuable resource for healthy soil and food growing.

The project aims to divert food scraps from landfill and put them to work through worm farming, creating opportunities to build healthier soil while helping our community learn more about composting and sustainable food systems.

Worm farming offers a practical way to connect two important challenges: reducing …

Looking for corporate volunteering in Brisbane that gives your team a practical way to contribute to the community? Green Thumb Farm offers hands-on corporate volunteering experiences where teams can get involved in growing food, caring for the farm and supporting a community-focused organisation.

Located in Samford Valley, north-west of Brisbane, Green Thumb Farm brings people together around food, soil, sustainability and community connection.

A corporate volunteering day offers an opportuni…

Looking for a school excursion near Brisbane that brings classroom learning to life? Green Thumb Farm offers hands-on educational experiences for Prep to Year 6 students, connecting learning about science, food production, living things and sustainability with the real world.

Located in Samford Valley, north-west of Brisbane, Green Thumb Farm provides farm excursions and school incursions designed to complement learning already happening in the classroom.

Students can explore growing environme…

Looking for a team experience that is meaningful, hands-on and a little different from the usual corporate activities?

Corporate volunteering for sustainability in Samford Valley gives teams an opportunity to step away from the office, get outdoors and contribute to something tangible.

At Green Thumb Farm, corporate groups spend time working together on practical activities that support our community farm. Along the way, they can learn more about growing food, healthy soil, biodiversity and th…

There is something special about buying your food directly from the people who grow it.

You get to see where your food comes from, discover what is growing in season, talk to growers and producers, and perhaps even learn something new along the way.

Every Saturday morning, Green Thumb Farm opens its gates for our Farmgate Market in Samford Valley. It is more than a place to shop for fresh produce. It is a chance to visit the farm, meet your community, connect with local growers and experience …

Summary: Just 35 minutes from Brisbane CBD, Green Thumb Farm in Samford Valley offers international visitors a rare and memorable experience. A small-scale educational farm in a beautiful rural setting, it showcases the extraordinary variety of food that can be grown close to the city — with guided group experiences including a herbal tea journey and a farm-to-plate harvest lunch.

Brisbane is a wonderful city. But some of the most memorable experiences in South East Queensland are found not in …

Summary: Sustainability education programs equip people of all ages with the knowledge, skills, and lived experience to care for the environment and make more informed choices. At Green Thumb Farm in Samford Valley, these programs go beyond the classroom — connecting children, families, and community members with real soil, real food, and real change.

The way we understand our relationship with the natural world shapes every decision we make — what we eat, how we grow food, what we teach our ch…

By 9:30am, nobody's thinking about their inbox. Someone's building a garden bed, someone else is elbow-deep in compost working out what it actually is, and the colleague who runs your busiest Monday meeting is quietly proud of the seedlings they just planted. That's a Thursday morning at Green Thumb Farm — and it's exactly why it works.

We're a not-for-profit, community-focused educational farm in Samford Valley, just 35 minutes from Brisbane CBD. Every corporate volunteering day helps fund wha…

Summary: School farm programs help children develop healthy eating habits by connecting them with where food comes from through hands-on, sensory learning. When children discover food growing in a real farm setting, nutritious choices become natural — not forced. Green Thumb Farm's education programs in Samford Valley are building this connection with more than 950 students in 2025 alone.

In 2024, just 3.1% of Queensland children met the daily recommended vegetable intake — a striking figure fr…

By Lena Schmidt

Imagine your team spending a crisp morning outdoors, planting seedlings, building garden beds, and sharing laughs together. Could this be the most memorable team day of the year? At Green Thumb Farm in Samford Valley, corporate volunteering offers exactly that: a way to celebrate achievements while giving back to your community.

At Green Thumb Farm, your team:

• Connect naturally through hands-on, shared work
• Boost morale, collaboration, and trust in a relaxed outdoor setting
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