My current neighbourhood of Fairfield, Victoria, is home to 14,000 people, and yet it does not have one single community garden. I’m trying to change that. That’s why I’m working with the Fairfield Community Gardens Association to build a garden in Robert Porter Park.

I also joined forces with some other garden-minded parents at my son’s school to start a Garden Club and to plan a dedicated garden space.

Both of these efforts involve plenty of writing, editing, design, chairing meetings, community consultation, education, cheerleading, and a whole lot of patience. Oh, and of course plenty of hands-in-the-dirt gardening. Community work has its rewards and its challenges. Fortunately, I feel passionately about community gardens and kids’ gardens, which makes it all worthwhile.

You can read my blogs for both of these projects. I also tweet about community and school gardens at @fairfieldgarden.


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http://fairfieldcommunitygardens.blogspot.com/

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http://sjdgardenclub.wordpress.com/