What IndigiGrow is about

IndigiGrow, a new venture from First Hand Solutions, sustains people, land and culture through the propagation of native plants, including bush food and the critically endangered Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub​​​

We seek to deliver positive environmental projects through research and rejuvenation of endangered plants, mass urban plantings creating carbon credits, improving the general atmosphere and amenity of industrial and urban precincts, and providing retail and wholesale native plants for sal​

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Running Educational programs will ensure that the cultural knowledge of our people is understood, protected and respected. This project will be a working model that shows city dwellers how to live sustainably, We will use composting worm farms, solar energy to reticulate our water and will reduce our footprint on the environment whilst saving, and replenishing many native species that are important to our culture and the local eco-system. We will educate people about our plants, and break down cultural barriers through better understanding and appreciation.​

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The education arm of IndigiGrow is being developed at La Perouse Public School with the aim of setting up an educational garden around the critically endangered Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub which is made up of 65 core plant species.The school has a remnant patch of this endangered community of  which there is only 2.8% left.

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NCIE presents Blak Markets back in Redfern for our first ever twilight markets on site - Thursday 28 November 5-8pm.Blak Markets is the place to buy authentic unique products, bushfoods and gifts, knowing that 100% of the profits go back into Aboriginal communities.Twilight Blak Markets is on directly after Blak Markets' landmark Bushfood Symposium wraps up, which means many of the bushfood businesses from across Australia will bring their products to Twilight Blak Markets @ NCIE.As well as food, there’ll be the usual authentic, original and affordable Aboriginal artworks, beauty products and one-of-a-kind homewares and jewellery.Come and support Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander businesses, grab some delicious food, hear some great music, and grab some Christmas 

Indigigrow is a social enterprise based on growing local native plants and bushfoods which will not only create training and employment opportunities but will also provide a place, resources and hands on experience to help connect our community with the cultural knowledge of local plants, their uses, tastes, benefits and passing down the stories of elders

It will create a sense of pride and connectedness, which have been proven to assist participation and mental health outcomes. With this space we will be able to share our knowledge with the rest of the community, creating a sense of belonging and mutual respect, we will invite others to share in our stories and our space, through school and community groups and eventually tours. The project will build a vast array of networks with Government (across all tiers), corporate world, local council. Industry, landowners, and other bush foods enterprises..