Art in the Garden.
Much has been happening in our little patch of dirt, including some beautiful art under the direction of community artist, Janie Andrews.
The rains have rained, but the gardeners have kept gardening. We’ve built the soil up, added manure and mulch and there’s a new irrigation system ready for next Dry season.
A toad fence was also built but we found that without a trap, we were just creating a barrier and the toads continued tohang out at the fences. The structure of the garden also meant we could onlythe defend a small area. And then there was the problem of who was going toclear the traps out each morning. As Community Gardener, Liam Golding said, "At the end of the day, we don’t really have the personel. The problem of cane toads is bigger than our garden, and really, toad fence or no toad fence, we’ve pretty much lost the battle. When toads first came to Darwin, everyone was really motivated, but that’s gone. The drive has gone out of the community for catching them. We’ve lost the battle of the toad."
On a more joyous note, Art has come to the garden. Community artist, Janie Andrews worked with a group of people from My Sisters' Kitchen to create gorgeous flower beds from recycled fridges. Flowers will be planted in them next week. We were blessed to have the very kind support of Bunnings in the form of paints and brushes.Thank you Bunnings!
December 10, 2010
“It’s an edible landscape, but the buildings aren’t gingerbread.” Liam Golding, Community Gardener.


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