What are the opening hours?

Monday 9am - 2pm Tuesday 9am - 2pm Wednesday 9am - 2pm Thursday 9am - 2pm Friday 9am - 2pm Saturday 8am - 3pm Sunday 9am - 3pm

Riverlution

Our Eco Hub is a place for sustainability and environment businesses to have a place for meetings and work. This hub is for everyone to use and love!

Opening Hours:
☕Riverlution Café: Mon-Fri 9am - 2pm,
Sat 8am-3pm
Sun 9am-3pm
♻️Riverlution Eco Hub: Mon-Fri 10am-2pm

Riverlution 🌿 unites the Eco Hub at 46A Vogel Street, Precious Plastic ♻️, and Café ☕ at 50B Vogel Street in Richmond Community Garden We're providing informative seminars for the community to come along, and free tools to borrow.

27/07/2026

What's happening at Richmond Community Garden & Riverlution this August? 🌱💫🍄

Join us this month for lots of gardening, crafting, composting, fungi learning, repair events, kai (food) & coffee (and lots more). All happening within our local community 💚

🌱 Gardening Sessions, every Mon*, Wed & Sat 15th
🪡 Crafternoons, every Tuesday
🧺 Riverlution Farmer's Market & Parkrun, every Sat
🍄 Fungi Whānau, Sun 2nd
🪱 Community Composting, Thursday 6th
🔨 Repair Revolution, Tues 18th
☕ Riverlution Café (open every day)

Check out our website or facebook for further details!

13/07/2026

💫 Really exciting news - Riverlution has been selected from over 800 projects worldwide for Round 3 of Ma Earth's Collective Funding Campaign! 👏

Riverlution in Ōtautahi Christchurch is transforming three acres of reclaimed urban land into a thriving living learning environment. Through gardens, composting, Precious Plastic projects, biodiversity restoration, and hands-on workshops, we're building food resilience, supporting a circular economy, and creating more opportunities for our community to learn by doing ♻️🥕🌱

Every donation to Riverlution will be matched by Ma Earth, multiplying your impact. If more people contribute together, we can unlock even greater support for community-led regeneration. Every contribution counts, whether big or small 💚

🗓️ Campaign ends on Tuesday 21st July 2026 - only a week left!
👉 LINK - https://lnkd.in/e8t3KWAD

Ngā mihi nui - thank you everyone for your support 🌿

07/07/2026

Did you know that we sell Olive Oil at Richmond Community Garden? 🫒

Richmond Community Garden does an annual olive harvest from the Ōtākaro-Avon River Corridor and from properties of local residents. The olives are then pressed and bottled to produce a wonderful olive oil 💫

Come grab a 250ml bottle - they are available from our Little Shop (in Riverlution Eco Hub), Riverlution Café and also Riverlution Farmers Market on Saturday morning for $25.

All proceeds helping the team at the Richmond Community Garden to do more wonderful mahi and projects 🌱

06/07/2026

Have you seen all the exciting events we have to celebrate Matariki 💫🔭🌱

🌱 Matariki Dawn Planting, Sun 5th (happened yesterday)
🌲 Matariki Tree Light Display, Mon 6th-Mon 13th
🚲 Matariki Bike Ride, Wed 8th & Fri 10th*
🔭 Matariki Star Trail Night Walk, Wed 8th & Fri 10th*
💫 Matariki in the Zone, Sat 11th

Bike Ride: https://www.facebook.com/share/1JJLkBfcna/
Star Trail: https://www.facebook.com/share/1E1tjo76fX/
Matariki in the Zone: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DyygLQbCT/

Hosted by Avon-Ōtākaro Network, Avebury House, We are Richmond, Riverlution and Richmond Community Garden!

Matariki in the Zone features family-friendly activities, a Matariki Star Trail featuring nine illuminated star installations, delicious kai (including hāngī, fried bread, boil-up and soup), and hot drinks will be available throughout the afternoon and evening. You can also take advantage of Spokes Canterbury's free bike valet service, making it easy to cycle to the event!

*We're keeping an eye on the weather for our Matariki Bike Ride & Star Trail Night Walk. Keep an eye on our social channels for further information!

29/06/2026

What's happening at Richmond Community Garden & Riverlution this July? 🌱💫🍄

Join us this month for lots of gardening, crafting, composting, Matariki events, fungi learning, repair events, kai (food) & coffee (and lots more). All happening within our local community 💚

🌱 Gardening Sessions, every Mon*, Wed & Sat 18th
🪡 Crafternoons, every Tuesday
🧺 Riverlution Farmer's Market & Parkrun, every Sat
🪱 Community Composting, Thursday 2nd
🌱 Matariki Dawn Planting, Sun 5th
🍄 Fungi Whānau, Sun 5th
🌲 Matariki Tree Light Display, Mon 6th-Mon 13th
🚲 Matariki Bike Ride, Wed 8th & Fri 10th
🔭 Matariki Star Trail Night Walk, Wed 8th & Fri 10th
💫 Matariki in the Zone, Sat 11th
🔨 Repair Revolution, Tues 21st
☕ Riverlution Café (open every day)

Check out our website or facebook for further details!

10/06/2026

It's olive harvesting season! Do you have any olives in Ōtautahi and want to be part of Riverlution olive co-op? 🫒

If you've got an olive tree (or a few) and want to be part of the co-op, please drop your olives at Riverlution Eco Hub (46A Vogel Street, Richmond) before 5pm this Sunday 14th June. You’ll get some oil in return and help us make the most of the short harvest window.

Our volunteers have been busy picking as many trees as they can around the community. If we haven't reached you yet - please can you try and pick your olives and drop them in. Ngā mihi (thank you) 🌿

Any questions, please email [email protected]

02/06/2026

🚲 Happy World Paihikara (Bicycle) Day! 💚

Today (June 3rd) is officially recognised by the United Nations as World Bicycle Day but at Riverlution, we celebrate bikes every day.

Many of our kaimahi (staff) cycle to work, and we're proud to have come second place in our size category during Aotearoa Bike Month! 🎉

We're lucky to have the beautiful City to Sea pathway along the Avon-Ōtākaro River right on our doorstep, enjoyed by our team and so many people in our community.

Bikes are pretty amazing. They help reduce traffic congestion, lower carbon emissions, and support healthier, more connected communities.

Need a quick pump of your tyre or a spare bike part while you're passing by? We've got a bike pump and a few extra parts available (kindly supported by RAD), just ask one of our friendly staff members. 😊

How are you celebrating World Bicycle Day today? 🚲

28/05/2026

What's happening at Richmond Community Garden & Riverlution this June? 🌱⬇

Join us this month for lots of gardening, crafting, composting, markets, olive picking, fungi learning, repair events, kai (food) & coffee (and lots more). All happening within our local community 💚

🌱 Gardening Sessions, every Mon*, Wed & Sat 20th
🪡 Crafternoons, every Tuesday
🧺 Riverlution Farmer's Market & Parkrun, every Sat (with a special Pink Ribbon Morning on Sat 6th 💕)
🪱 Community Composting, Thursday 4th
🫒 Olive Picking Week, Sat 6th-Sun 14th
🍄 Fungi Whānau, Sun 7th
🔨 Repair Revolution, Tues 16th
☕ Riverlution Café (open every day)
*No gardening session on Mon 1st June (public holiday)

20/04/2026

We're sharing the opening hours for Riverlution café this ANZAC weekend ☕️🌿💫

🟢 Saturday 25th April, 8am - 3pm*
🟢 Sunday 26th April, 9am-3pm
🟢 Monday 27th April, 9am-3pm

*To give all our vendors, staff, and local families the space to attend services and spend time reflecting with loved ones, the market will be closed on Saturday 15th April. We'll be back open next weekend - Saturday 2nd May!

For those of you looking for a way to commemorate the day locally, you might be interested in joining the Anzac Remembrance Walk hosted by Avebury House at 10am. It’s a beautiful way to connect with the Richmond community.

14/04/2026

We’re excited to share that Riverlution Eco Hub and Café are now powered by solar, with 20 panels installed earlier this year alongside Smart Solar. A huge thank you to Meridian Energy for supporting this project through the Meridian Decarbonisation Fund ☀️.

This investment is a big step forward for our kaupapa. Not only does it help reduce emissions and lower our energy costs, it allows us to reinvest back into the community and strengthens our resilience. With battery power, the Hub can continue to operate as a support space during civil emergencies.

An extra special ka pai to Eileen (our lovely intern) who supported this project.

Ngā mihi nui, Richmond Community Garden & Riverlution whānau 🌱😎

Address

46a Vogel Street
Christchurch
8013

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 2pm
Tuesday	9am - 2pm
Wednesday	9am - 2pm
Thursday	9am - 2pm
Friday	9am - 2pm
Saturday	8am - 3pm
Sunday	9am - 3pm

Website

https://richmondcommunitygarden.co.nz/

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