Urban Farming Summer 2025

Urban Farming Programme - Summer 2025is open for registration now. In this programme, you can acquire knowledge on organic farming and hands-on experience working at your planter boxes through a series of workshops. It gives full experience of growing your own vegetables and connecting with nature on campus. 👩‍🌾 What's more, by joining the programme, you can earn up to 60 GreenCoins to use with the PolyU GreenCoin app!

In this phase, we will have a sharing session in addition to the farming and workshops. You can register either or both of the activities.

Sharing Session

Topic:  Urban Farming’s Role in Zero-Waste Household: Closing the Loop of Water, Nutrients, and Waste

Speaker:  Karen Ng, Co-founder of Grow Something

Date:  13 Jun 2025 (Fri)

Time: 1 pm to 2 pm

Venue:  Online via Zoom

Language: English supplemented by Cantonese terms when appropriate

About the sharing session:

Discover how urban farming can play a powerful role in creating zero-waste households. This seminar explores practical, small-scale strategies to close the loop on water, nutrients, and food waste—right from your own home. Learn how to turn kitchen scraps into compost, reuse greywater for growing herbs and vegetables, and create a mini ecosystem that reduces your environmental footprint. Whether you live in an apartment or have a small balcony, you’ll gain actionable insights into how urban farming can help you live more sustainably and contribute to a circular economy.

Farming and Workshops

Farming period:  Jun to Aug 2025

Workshop schedule:

VA farm | 1 pm to 2 pm | 24 Jun, 8 & 22 Jul, 5 & 19 Aug (Tue)

Y6 farm | 1 pm to 2 pm | 26 Jun, 10 & 24 Jul, 7 & 21 Aug (Thu)

Quota:  32 teams for each farm

Each team can have up to two members sharing one planter.

(Priority will be given to the teams who have attended the sharing session.)

VA Farm

Y6 Farm

What to grow:

Morning glory 通菜、Amaranth 莧菜、Morning glory 潺菜 & Okra 秋葵

Fee:  Free of charge*

*Subject to fulfilment of the attendance requirement - attended four workshops including the first workshop. The organiser reserves the rights to charge the workshop fee ($400 or 800 GreenCoins), if participants cannot fulfil the attendance requirement.

Please note that the urban farming workshop is primarily for acquiring farming skills, and participants may need to dedicate additional time outside of the workshop for plant care.

🟢 By fulfiling the attendance requirement and completing the feedback form, participants are able to earn 50 GreenCoins!

Language: English supplemented by Cantonese terms when appropriate

Registration deadline:  :  3 Jun 2025 (Tue)

Reminder for Team Registration:

• Please fill out one single form with the contact information of both teammates.
• For attendance, either one of the team members attending the workshop will be counted, but we highly recommend that both attend every workshop if possible.

Notification of Successful Registration:

We will be sending confirmation emails to all successful registrants.

For a team of two members, only the contact person (the one who filled out the registration form) will receive the confirmation email. Please reply to the confirmation email on behalf of the entire team.

- Sharing session: on or before 5 Jun 2025 (Thu)

- Farming workshops: on or before 19 Jun 2025 (Thu)

Enquiries:  green.campus@polyu.edu.hk

For PolyU students and staff only. Seats will be allocated by drawing lots if applications exceed the quota.

Successful registrants will receive confirmation emails.

The organisers reserve the rights to exercise final decision.

📋Terms and conditions