This area has an unbroken 200-year history of cultivation as a food garden and orchard. First established as Hangan's Farm in 1806, it was used as an extension of Government House's vegetable beds until the 1950s. Then, as 'Pete's Patch', it regularly featured in ABC Television's Gardening Australia as an example of a backyard organic vegetable garden.

Redeveloped into the Tasmanian Community Food Garden in 2014, it operates under organic gardening principles, emphasising sustainability and highlighting food security.

Now the garden supplies local charities with a range of edible plants.​