First Saturday on the riverbank
The community takes root in Ledok Tukangan. The women of Kampung Kali Code begin turning the Code riverbank into a shared garden.
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ABOUT US
A small riverbank, six years in
Kebun Kali Code is a community of neighbours, volunteers, and visiting friends who tend a stretch of the river and grow food, craft, and time together.
OUR STORY
Where the river feeds the community
We started in 2019 on the banks of Kali Code a stretch of riverbank, a shared commitment, and the hands of neighbourhood women who decided the land around them deserved care. Seven years later, the kebun is part garden, part classroom, part cultural stage. Women remain at the centre: their knowledge of soil, season, and community is not a backdrop it is the method.Guests from 11 countries, partners across 12 universities, recognised by Ashoka and the Ford Foundation. The work still begins the same way on a Saturday morning, with many hands, and no particular hurry.
TIMELINE
How we grew, year by year
A short history of Saturdays — and the kampung neighbours who made each one possible.
- 2019Founding
- 2020Response
500 sanitizer bottles, one truck of vegetables
Through the pandemic, we produced organic hand sanitizer and shared a truckload of free vegetables grown in partnership with farmers from Mt. Merbabu.
- 2021Recognition
1,200 seedlings and national coverage
A seedling drive led by the kampung women aired on Metro TV. Sekolah Tani Minggu opened as our standing community-education program.
- 2022Collaboration
Artists from five countries
Art collaborations with creators from Switzerland, Thailand, Australia, the Philippines, and Malaysia. A cross-cultural writing workshop with mentors from the Gerrit Rietveld Art Academy, Amsterdam.
- 2023Research
A kampung that turned into a research space
We hosted the Summer School on Environmental History Indonesia and co-curated a climate-crisis art exhibition with the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney.
- 2024Award
Chosen 1 of 33 communities nationwide
Selected as a facilitator for the Gaharu Keluarga untuk Bumi program by Ashoka, the Ford Foundation, and Indonesia's Ministry of Home Affairs.
- 2025Education
Global universities study in our kebun
36 students from the Singapore University of Social Sciences and a delegation from the National University of Singapore joined an environmental-education program alongside UGM.
- 2026Growth
Eco living across continents
International volunteers join an ever-growing cross-continent cultural-exchange and community-based environmental-education program.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Three quiet rules
Six years of mistakes and Saturdays distilled into the principles that hold our work together.
1
Slow is the point
We grow at the pace of compost, not headlines. The kebun rewards patience with sturdier roots.
2
Neighbours first
Every program starts at the kampung kitchen. If it does not feed the river community, we do not run it.
3
Hands open, books open
Volunteers, guests, and donors get the same answers. Transparency is the easiest kindness.
VISIT THE KEBUN
Find us at the riverbank
We're a five-minute walk from Tugu Yogyakarta. Come on a Saturday morning if you'd like to see the kebun at full hum.
Address
- Kebun Kali Code
- Kampung Ledok Tukangan
- Tegalpanggung, Danurejan
- Yogyakarta 55212
Open hours
Sat 06.30–11.00 · Other days by appointment
CONTACT
Say hello
Send a note for general questions, press, research, or anything else. We reply within two business days.