About Us
Our Vision
A vibrant Broome food community where people of all ages and cultures are empowered to access, grow, produce and eat diverse local foods through shared experiences.
Committee 2025-26
Executive Members
Chairperson – Kirrily Priest
Secretary – Maia Sauren
Treasurer – Ayesha Moss
Members
Maela Coraud
Holliandra Taylor
Marie Ippolito
Laura Johnston
Anna McDonald
Astrid Gerrits
Reports, Plans, Rules & Minutes
This section contains information & links to our official documents.
Please feel free to browse.
Annual Reports
Strategic Plans
AGM minutes
Etiquette
We love our community and the spaces we have, and we want to protect what we have. These guidelines represents the spoken and unspoken expectations of how we all treat each other here.
The guidelines exist to ensure everyone feels safe, comfortable, and welcome, regardless of their background, identity or abilities, and knows that they will be supported if any issues arise.
Etiquette guidelines
These are general guidelines for how we all interact with each other at Incredible Edible Broom spaces. It applies to all spaces managed by IEB, including online spaces, chat groups, community gardens, and events and workshops.
Why we have these guidelines
We love our community and the spaces we have, and we want to protect what we have. This document represents the spoken and unspoken expectations of how we all treat each other here.
The guidelines exist to ensure everyone feels safe, comfortable, and welcome, regardless of their background, identity or abilities, and knows that they will be supported if any issues arise.
In general
We are a friendly, respectful community with members from all walks of life, where everyone is welcome.
Diversity is one of our huge strengths, and we love the many points of view and ideas in the group. Sometimes it can also lead to communication issues and occasionally, tensions. We encourage respectful disagreement and conflict resolution. To that end, we have a few ground rules that we ask people to adhere to. This applies equally to everyone.
This document isn’t an exhaustive list of things that you can and can’t do. Rather, take it in the spirit in which it’s intended – a gentle guide to make it easier to enrich all of us and the community in which we participate.
That said, if you are subject to or witness unacceptable behaviour, or have any other questions or concerns, please notify an Incredible Edible Broome Committee Member via incredibleediblebroome@gmail.com.
Guiding principles
In summary – assume good intent, be kind and respectful to everyone, and strive to make the space enjoyable for all.
- Be welcoming. We strive to be a community that welcomes and supports everyone. This includes, but is not limited to: members of any race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, colour, immigration status, social and economic class, educational level, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, size, family status, political belief, religion, and mental and physical ability.
- Assume good intent. If you find yourself upset at something someone has said or done, see if you can find the positive intent behind their words or actions. Maintain curiosity and neutrality until shown otherwise; if you’re not sure, ask what they meant or their intended outcome.
- Be respectful. Respect yourself, and respect others. Be courteous to those around you. Be careful with the equipment and the space, online and in person. If you are working in a shared garden, consider the effect your decisions will have on others, now and in the future. Examples include asking others if they mind being included in photographs, especially asking adults on behalf of minors.
- Be careful in the words that you choose. Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other people. Harassment and other exclusionary behaviour aren’t acceptable.
- When we disagree, try to understand why. Disagreements happen all the time. It is important that we resolve disagreements and differing views constructively. Remember that we’re all different. Different people have different perspectives on issues. Being unable to understand why someone holds a viewpoint doesn’t mean that they’re wrong. Don’t forget that it is human to err and blaming each other doesn’t get us anywhere. Instead, focus on helping to resolve issues and learning from mistakes.
Unacceptable behaviour
We rarely (if ever) have issues with unacceptable behaviour in our community. However, for clarity, we include some examples of harassment and exclusionary behaviour (this is not an exhaustive list):
- Violent threats or language directed against another person.
- Discriminatory jokes and language.
- Posting sexually explicit or violent material.
- Personal insults, especially those using racist or sexist terms.
- Unwelcome sexual attention.
- Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behaviour.
- Repeated harassment of others. In general, if someone asks you to stop, then stop.
Consequences of unacceptable behaviour
Unacceptable behaviour from any community member, including sponsors and those with decision-making authority, will not be tolerated.
Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behaviour is expected to comply immediately.
If a community member engages in unacceptable behaviour, the Incredible Edible Broome organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including a temporary ban or permanent expulsion from community spaces, online and offline, without warning (and without refund in the case of membership or a paid event).
Reporting Issues
If you are subject to or witness unacceptable behaviour, or have any other questions or concerns, please notify an Incredible Edible Broome Committee Member as soon as possible via incredibleediblebroome@gmail.com.
If you experience an issue with an Incredible Edible Broome Committee Member, please contact a different member of the Committee.
Additionally, Incredible Edible Broome Committee Members are available to help community members engage with local law enforcement or to otherwise help those experiencing unacceptable behaviour feel safe at Incredible Edible Broome events and online spaces. In the context of in-person events, Incredible Edible Broome Committee Members will also provide support to anyone experiencing distress due to an etiquette breach.
Our Projects
Grown Local Food Network
In 2020 we received a National Landcare Program Smart Farms grant to run the Plot to Plate – Grown Local Food Network project.
Tool library and tipper trailer
Incredible Edible Broome has a hydraulic lift caged tipper trailer and a fully stocked tool library trailer. The tipper is available to resource members and is great for collecting mulch, soil and removing green waste from home gardens. The tool library trailer is used for IEB events and gardening bees. Several items are available to borrow by resource members. The trailer is well stocked with useful gardening tools like shovels, forks, trowels, secateurs, a high pressure water hose, pole saw and hedge trimmers. Items can be borrowed and returned during the Broome North Community Garden weekly working bee hours on Wednesdays 4-6pm.
Seed Exchange
The seed exchange is a community approach to saving and sharing tried and tested seeds. Our seed box is available at our monthly Fresh Food Shares. People are encouraged to save seeds from their best crops, to put some into the seed box to share with others and to take seeds from the box to grow at home.
Wicked wicking planter boxes
With support from the Shire of Broome and Chinatown businesses, Incredible Edible Broome installed 15 wicked wicking planter boxes throughout the laneways of Chinatown in 2017. The boxes demonstrate the benefits and ins and outs of wicking beds and some of the foods that can be grown in Broome. They are lovely to look at and bring a burst of colour to lanes they inhabit.
Fresh Food Share
The Fresh Food Share was our very first project and continues to be a popular and regular event. Through support from Broome CIRCLE, the shares are held on the first Saturday of every month, 9-10am on the corner of Frederick and Weld Streets. We create a relaxed, informative and welcoming space in which to share, exchange and learn. Bring your garden produce, seeds, seedlings, cuttings, tips, knowledge and recipes. Hear from local gardening and sustainability enthusiasts, participate in workshops and take part in cooking demonstrations using local ingredients.
Broome Harvest
Broome Harvest is our annual celebration of local food offering an assortment of dishes using local ingredients. Run by Incredible Edible Broome and hosted by Matsos brewery, the lunchtime feast is abuzz, feeding up to 200 people. The event is an expression of community generosity and good spirit with donations and volunteers making it a vibrant event. It is held during the Shinju Matsuri festival, a perfect time to celebrate local produce, local producers and artisans of the food industry.
Garden Tours
Garden tours are well loved, as we get to see what someone else is doing in their patch of pindan. It’s always inspiring to see what’s growing and how other people use their space; there’s always much to learn. We try to hold at least one tour a year and ride our bikes when possible.
Documentary Screenings
We love getting together to watch and discuss sustainability themed documentaries and aim to organise several each year. All people (and occasionally dogs) are welcome and the aim is to create an inclusive and friendly environment with the opportunity to build relationships with others and discuss the movie and other relevant topics afterwards.
Our work is made possible through a supportive community of friends, partners and sponsors. Check out their websites for more information.
Shamrock Gardens
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