33-523: Royal Perth Golf Club is a golf club in South Perth, Western Australia . The club started in the 1895 and was established in South Perth in 1909. It was granted permission to use the appellation "Royal" in 1937. This golf club or course-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . South Perth, Western Australia South Perth is an inner suburb of Perth ,
66-548: A distinct business model that can be significantly profitable and sustainable . There is a spectrum with overlap from with the efforts of amateur gardeners who sometimes sell from home or at markets, as an extension of their pastime, to fully commercial market gardening as the main or sole income stream. The latter requires the most discipline and business sense. Successful practitioners who have written books about it include Eliot Coleman and Jean-Martin Fortier . An example of
99-611: A market garden operation in North America might involve one farmer working full-time on two acres (0.81 ha; 8,100 m ). Most work is done with hand and light power tools, and perhaps a small tractor . Some 20 different crops are planted throughout the season. Hardier plants , like peas , spinach , radish , carrots and lettuce are seeded first, in earlier spring, followed by main season crops, like tomatoes , potatoes , corn , beans , cucumber , onions , and summer squash . A further planting timed for harvest in
132-526: A range of vegetables from a single supplier, their freshness allowing for a premium over the revenue from the supermarkets and frequently other local suppliers. A larger market garden can by mixed crop production maintain a sales alternative to the wholesale commodity -style channels often used by farms that specialize in high volumes of a limited number of crops. Relying on cities for markets, however, can have drawbacks. For example, in England , south Sussex
165-416: A viable market (in microeconomics, basic or staple foods are considered as necessities and have highly inelastic demand curves, meaning that consumers will buy them in relatively constant quantities even if prices or incomes vary), especially with the recent popularity of organic and local food . It is in some instances considered hobby farming , although market gardening is a recognized type of farming with
198-606: Is 147.5 metres (484 ft) tall. There are also a number of large mansions. Significant numbers of townhouses and some older houses fill in the suburb. Market gardening A market garden is the relatively small-scale production of fruits , vegetables and flowers as cash crops , frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants . The diversity of crops grown on a small area of land, typically from under 0.40 hectares (4,000 m ; 1 acre ) to some hectares (a few acres), or sometimes in greenhouses , distinguishes it from other types of farming. A market garden
231-474: Is marginalization of the succeeding generation where they are relied upon as the fittest and strongest to succeed in continuing the farm rather than pursue other ambitions and opportunities. Market gardening has in recent decades become an alternative business and lifestyle choice for individuals who wish to " return to the land ", because the business model and niche allow a smaller start-up investment than conventional commercial farming, and generally offers
264-450: Is relied upon for many tasks, and manual labor requirements, particularly for setting transplants and harvesting, are often significant, with crews of 10, 20 or more people employed seasonally. This has led in the U.S. to groups of "transient" or "migrant" workers who follow the harvest seasons to different farms across the country. In cooler climates, greenhouses are generally used to produce transplants, and sometimes greenhouse production
297-709: Is sometimes called a truck farm in the US. A market garden is a business that provides a wide range and steady supply of fresh produce through the local growing season . Unlike large, industrial farms, which practice monoculture and mechanization, many different crops and varieties are grown and more manual labour and gardening techniques are used. The small output requires selling through such local fresh produce outlets as on-farm stands, farmers' markets , community-supported agriculture subscriptions, restaurants and independent produce stores. Market gardening and orchard farming are closely related to horticulture , which concerns
330-487: Is typically relatively cheap and allows immigrants to purchase land, often with an accompanying residence, far more readily than in urban settings. However, like all agriculture it risks crop failure, market collapse and competition from industrialized broad-acre farming and 'fresh-frozen' imported produce. Other risks are from hazards such as pesticide use, especially where the market gardeners are not trained in their use or able to read product information. Another consequence
363-743: Is visible to people driving south over the Narrows Bridge . The Old Mill Theatre is a local amateur theatre company based on Mends Street. The Sir James Mitchell Park is a stretch of park lands along the foreshore. It is dotted with gazebos, family picnic areas and barbecue facilities. It is adjacent to the Swan River , stretching between the Narrows Bridge and the Causeway. It has dedicated and separate paths for bicycling and walking. The Mends Street Jetty connects South Perth to
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#1732801999586396-588: The Mends Street Jetty in South Perth and Elizabeth Quay Jetty in the CBD. South Perth is primarily residential, with commercial areas along major thoroughfares such as Canning Highway , Mill Point Road and Angelo Street. It has extensive river frontage, including the South Perth Esplanade and Sir James Mitchell Park , with high-density areas around Mill Point and Point Belches facing
429-497: The hoe is customarily called "gardening" and husbandry done by the plough as "farming" regardless of the scale of either. A "market garden" was simply a vegetable plot, the produce of which the farmer used to sell as opposed to use to feed his or her family. Market gardens are necessarily close to the markets, i.e. cities, that they serve. Truck farms produce vegetables for market. The word 'truck' in Truck farms does not refer to
462-538: The 1850s, there was some further development of the area, with more ferry connections and the construction of the Causeway and the Canning Bridge . The area was further surveyed and lots allocated to pensioners. By 1858, the area was officially marked on maps as "South Perth" and some roads had been constructed. The 1860s saw the realisation that large-scale farming in the district had no future, although dairying, timber cutting and vegetable growing continued. By
495-561: The 1880s, a number of Chinese gardeners had arrived and they set up market gardens on land on the foreshore, between Suburban Road (now Mill Point Road) and the Swan River. After the discovery of gold in Kalgoorlie in 1893, a number of Chinese, who had been unable to take up Miner's Rights in the goldfields for racial reasons , joined them in South Perth. The Chinese worked very hard and grew good quality fruit and vegetables, which
528-686: The Perth skyline. The suburb also includes the Perth Zoo and Royal Perth Golf Club . The history of the area now known as South Perth before permanent European settlement was broadly similar to that in other parts of what became the Swan River Colony . The area was probably inhabited by peoples of the Noongar tribes, and they had little contact with other peoples. Early Dutch and French explorers reported their presence, but no recorded contact
561-583: The Swan River in the town of Perth and also in Fremantle , the port suburb. The area was already unofficially known as "South Perth" but was relatively untouched. By 1831, the land along the river frontage had been allocated amongst seven people, and the land was being partially used for agriculture and dairy farms. A mill was built in 1833 and a ferry across the Swan river via the Narrows was established. There
594-602: The US$ 2 to US$ 5/m (US$ 8,100 to US$ 20,200 per acre; US$ 20,000 to US$ 50,000 per hectare) range, or even higher. However, the size of a market garden has a practical upper bound, while with conventional farming, a farmer can farm vast areas because access to a direct market is not a requirement. Larger market gardens often sell to such local food outlets as supermarkets , food cooperatives , community-supported agriculture programs, farmers' markets , fresh food wholesalers , and any other higher-volume channels that benefit from buying
627-640: The capital of the Australian state of Western Australia . Its local government area is the City of South Perth . South Perth is separated from the Perth central business district (CBD) by Perth Water , a section of the Swan River . It is connected to the CBD via the Narrows Bridge which carries the Kwinana Freeway and Mandurah railway line . Public ferries are also operated by Transperth between
660-418: The central business district by a regular ferry service operated by Transperth . Heritage-listed buildings in South Perth include: South Perth is an expensive area for land due to its location near the river and central business district. Consequently, there are a comparatively high number of high-rise apartment towers in the suburb, generally near the foreshore. The tallest building is Civic Heart , which
693-452: The cooler fall conditions might include more spinach and carrots, winter squash , cabbage , and rutabaga . Harvesting is done at least weekly, by hand, sometimes with part-time help, and produce is sorted, washed and sold fresh at the local farmers' market, and from an on-farm stand. A pick-up truck is used for short-distance transport of crops and other farm materials. The workflow is a steady cycle of planting and harvesting right through
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#1732801999586726-602: The end of the 1890s, the population was about 400, with many elegant homes. The Zoological Gardens and the Royal Perth Golf Club were opened in 1898, and the area became popular with tourists from the town of Perth across the river. The Perth Zoo is located in the suburb of South Perth. It is open every day of the year and its exhibits include Australian wildlife, as well as exotic and rare animal species. It opens from 9 am to 5 pm daily with additional hours during summer and special events. The Old Mill
759-705: The growing of fruits and vegetables. Traditionally, "market garden" was used to contrast farms devoted to raising vegetables and berries , a specialized type of farming, with the larger branches of grain, dairy, and orchard fruit farming; agricultural historians continue to thus use the term. Such operations were not necessarily small-scale. Indeed, many were very large, commercial farms that were called "gardens" not because of size, but because English-speaking farmers traditionally referred to their vegetable plots as "gardens": in English whether in common parlance or in anthropological or historical scholarship, husbandry done by
792-433: The growing season, and usually comes to an end in the cold winter months. A somewhat larger market garden operation, ranging from 10 to 100 acres (4.0 to 40.5 ha; 40,000 to 405,000 m ), may be referred to as intensive mixed vegetable production, although the essential business and farming tasks are the same. Such operations are often run by a full-time farmer or farm family, and a few full-time employees. The tractor
825-470: The help of convict labour , the district received more settlement and better roads. Nevertheless, the South Perth area still had a small population. The real estate boom of the 1880s, which coincided with the discovery of gold in the Kimberley saw a slow but appreciable growth in the number of residents. Several of Perth's more substantial citizens saw South Perth as a peaceful and tranquil suburb, and by
858-518: The local population were happy to buy. In the 1920s, the Chinese started to market their produce to the wider population of Perth via the James Street markets. The Chinese market gardens successfully operated for many years, despite many attempts by local authorities to serve them with notices alleging uncleanliness or health hazards. They lasted until the 1950s before they were dismantled. With
891-439: The market economy. Benefits are that it does not rely on education or language, it adapts well to providing work for extended family groups, and in large market growing regions even wider community support networks. Sharing of knowledge and experience within communities reduces risks, and supports a network of other trades such as carriers, market agents, and heavy machinery contractors, and contract farm labour. Market-gardening land
924-642: The rights to develop farmland from the farmers solved this problem in Suffolk County, New York . In some more affluent countries, including Australia and the United States , market gardening is rated as a high social utility occupation. It is typically taken up by recent immigrant groups for one or two generations, until they can accumulate capital, language and trade skills. The succession of dominant market garden groups in Australia, for example,
957-552: The transportation truck, which is derived from Greek for "wheel", but rather from the old north French word troquer , which means "barter" or "exchange". The use for vegetables raised for market can be traced back to 1784 and truck farms to 1866. Selling to the wholesale market usually earns 10–20% of the retail price, but direct-to-consumer selling earns 100%. Although highly variable, a conventional farm may return US$ 0.03 to US$ 0.30/m (US$ 120 to US$ 1,210 per acre; US$ 300 to US$ 3,000 per hectare) but an efficient market garden can earn in
990-463: Was famous for growing tomatoes for the London market that were delivered by train . The arrival of railways in the 19th century at first stimulated growth of market gardens in certain areas by providing quick access to the city, but it eventually allowed commuting residents to move there and turn many market garden areas into suburbs . Urban sprawl still eats up farmland in urban regions. Buying
1023-558: Was made. No contact is known to have been made with travellers from any other country. The Dutch expedition commanded by Willem de Vlaming in 1697 was the first to discover the major river and note the presence of black swans on the river. They named it the Swan River. After the permanent settlement of the British and the establishment of the Swan River Colony, most development tended to take place north rather than south of
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1056-457: Was some conflict between the European settlers and Aboriginal Australians , in which one of the leaders was a chief known as Yagan . After his death, local leadership went to a chief variously known as Galute or Kalyute. He led further resistance, but this was countered by a punitive expedition , which resulted in the deaths of fifteen Aboriginal people and the end of organised resistance. By
1089-639: Was – from the early 19th century Anglo-Celtic, people from German-speaking countries, Chinese (after the peak of the gold rushes in mid-late 19th century), then southern European migrants from Italy, Malta and Yugoslavia (before it disintegrated), then southeast Asian migrant and refugee communities following the Vietnam War, such as the Vietnamese and Cambodians. Involvement in a market garden lets immigrant groups who otherwise have few marketable skills apart from their labour, become actively involved in
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