By Brendan Rees
Not even grey clouds could dampen the fun these keen gardeners had at Endeavour Hills Neighbourhood Centre.
Holding umbrellas, about 25 people gathered for the official opening of a new community garden, developed with the help of the State Government’s Pick My Project grant.
To celebrate, a garden workshop was held by Morgan Koegel of 3000 acres who passed on some handy gardening tips, which was followed by a morning tea on Wednesday 26 February.
Endeavour Hills Neighbourhood Centre’s community development officer Kim Peterson said the community garden was a space for people of all ages and backgrounds to come together through a shared love of gardening and food.
“The gardens will provide a great sense of wellbeing for the community users of the garden as they make new connections with other people in their community, learn new skills, share knowledge, learn through on going workshops and share their outcomes in the garden to support other groups and organisations in our community,” Ms Peterson said.
The garden, which took about 10 months to build, features eight garden beds.
The Neighbourhood Centre together with community gardens projects in Hallam, Berwick and Narre Warren South have shared a $200,000 grant from the State Government.
