Sunbury community garden is working to revamp the children’s garden in the lead up to its spring re-launch, following COVID-19 interruptions.
The children’s garden will include activities such as learning how to grow different types of fruit and vegetables, sustainability and garden themed art projects and getting to try the foods grown.
Children’s garden co-ordinator Angela Cook-Lee said the community garden club is working to get the garden up and running, while working to develop a new and improved children’s garden.
“We’re trying to revamp the old children’s garden that was used before COVID … [and] we’re trying to improve the soil and get rid of weeds,” Ms Cook-Lee said.
“We’re aiming to build the new garden with narrow beds … [and] the idea is to have one with a raised bed to wheelchair height and a low one [for] particularly little children to access.
“At the moment the old children’s garden is a large rectangle which isn’t great for children with mobility issues.
“It’s also no good in the sense that it’s too large, the children can’t reach [everything] without walking all over it and then you’ve killed the plants.
“We’re trying to find funding [to build] that.”
Ms Cook-Lee said the garden is important for children to learn about where their food comes from and how to grow food.
“It is so good for the community,” she said.
“We’re teaching the kids how to garden, where food comes from, sustainability, getting them out in nature and building a love for the outdoors
“I did a survey and strawberries and peas were very popular [to have in the garden].”
“Things that are easy for kids to plant and harvest will be good … radishes, snow peas, carrots etc.”
Zoe Moffatt
