Verge And Community Gardens - K Colls City Farm And P Wedell COGS - 2020 - 06 - 12 - BTL

As suburban backyards shrink and green space becomes a premium, even as we are encouraged to grow, to compost and to reduce waste, it makes no sense to keep nature strips as no- go zones, and to insist on watering hungry strips of lawn with much of the run off ending up in the storm water system. The response has been a verge and community garden revolution! Especially since COVID with a surge of renewed interest in gardening, It’s one of those ideas that is now capturing the public’s imagination and we are starting to see more and more street verge and community gardens appearing, many of them growing food. Joining us via phone this morning to chat about transforming your verge and creating organic community gardens are Keith Colls from Canberra City Farm, and Peter Weddell from Canberra Organic Growers Society.