Kelmarna Community Farm is an organic urban farm on 4.5 acres of council-leased land in the heart of Ponsonby, at 12 Hukanui Crescent. The website calls it Auckland's pioneering urban organic farm, and says it has been growing food in the city for more than 40 years. The gate is open to the public at all times. The farm has a farm shop, monthly workshops, annual events and volunteering, and it sells organic seedlings and produce in season. It also runs a workshop programme with hands-on sessions, and a volunteer and training programme called Farmhands, which runs one day a week from 9am to 3pm for 16 weeks. Dogs are asked to stay at home, because the farm has sheep and chooks. Visitors who pick fruit, vegetables or flowers are asked to do so with a member of the team.
The farm is set up for group visits too, and it offers team-building activities for workplaces, with larger groups asked to book. Members of Friends of Kelmarna, who give monthly or annual donations, get access to local business benefits. The farm also sells the book Growing Together, which traces its first 40 years, and a children's and adult t-shirt by a local illustrator. For someone in Ponsonby or central Auckland who wants to see how an urban farm works, or to volunteer, the farm is a unique place to visit.