Green Gym

Do you want to get fit while enjoying the outdoors?

If you are looking to get fit, spend time outdoors, meet new people and help the environment, then Green Gym is for you!

Green Gym is a new program designed to help you get fit while doing a range of enjoyable gardening and conservation activities. More.....

Green Gym:

  • Is free to join.
  • Has sessions for small groups running for four hours a day, twice a week.
  • Gets you out and about in the fresh air.
  • Means you are helping the environment in your local community.
  • Helps get you fit.

The Green Gym program is now operating in Victoria based in Ballarat, Bendigo and Melbourne.

In New South Wales the Green Gym program is now operating in Port Macquarie and Sydney.

It’s easy to get involved, simply:
  • Click here for a list of session times and locations
  • Call the Green Gym project officer in Ballarat – (03) 5330 2600
  • Call the Green Gym project officer in Bendigo – (03) 5444 0777
  • Call the Green Gym Project officer in Melbourne – (03) 9326 8250
  • Call the Green Gym Project officer in Port Macquarie – (02) 4926 2103
  • Call the Green Gym Project officer in Sydney – (02) 9564 1244

Green Gym was developed in the UK by British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV).  Conservation Volunteers is delivering the program for the first time in Australia.

In Victoria Green Gym is supported by the Victorian Government through the ‘Go for your life’ campaign.  For more information about how you can ‘Go for your life’ visit www.goforyourlife.vic.gov.au

In New South Wales Green Gym is supported by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.