Went out to visit the O'Connor community garden as well on Saturday. Thanks so much to Greg for showing us around and giving us all his wonderful insights on community gardening. We took away so much from the tour! Rest assured, we'll be curious as to how your plot grows!
Steve and Leanne having a grand time picking the much awaited peas
ta-da. sweet and crisp.
Amy setting up some more seedlings
Evening out the dirt
Greg welcomes the O'Connor community garden visitors
urban agriculture
Greg shows us his thriving plot and his ingenious ways of workingaround water and climate constraints
Zemma and Liz appreciating the greens
teepee staking (now we know)
2-stage compost bins, and a fallen leaves collector
keyhole-like arrangement
Finlay by an anti-frost pyramidPretty cool eh? Pretty excited to see how the ANU garden might fare against this plot during spring! (fingers crossed). For more info on the community gardens being run around Canberra visit the COGS website at http://www.cogs.asn.au
See you at the garden!
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