Collingwood Children's Farm

Collingwood Children's Farm is a not-for-profit community working farm on the Yarra River in Abbotsford, within the City of Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria. Established in 1979 on former Abbotsford Convent farmland, it operates as an educational urban farm where visitors can interact with farm animals, observe daily farming activities, and learn about sustainable agriculture close to central Melbourne.

Visitors can expect an open paddock and farmyard setting on the Yarra River floodplain with barns, stables, paddocks, vegetable gardens and orchards. Visitors can see cows, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, ducks and horses, watch daily cow milking and animal feeding, explore garden plots, enjoy picnic lawns along the river, visit the farm cafe and shop, and attend the monthly farmers market held on site.

Established in 1979 by a community committee on land formerly farmed by the Abbotsford Convent to provide inner-city children with farm experience. The site preserves part of the historic convent farm on the Yarra River floodplain, which was used for agriculture since the 19th century, and continues as a community-managed working farm and educational resource.

Significant as a long-running community urban agriculture and environmental education initiative in inner Melbourne. It promotes sustainable farming, food education and connection to rural life for urban families, and forms part of the Abbotsford Convent precinct, a major cultural and heritage precinct on the Yarra River.