The Marathon

There’s no denying it, we have well and truly entered the endurance phase. Seeing our garden emerge from the mud, the temptation at this stage is to get this project finished and enjoy the spoils of our hard work. However, with our hopes of proving that trash can indeed reveal itself as treasure we intend to produce nothing less than pirate’s gold. So while we chip away at the project, we can see that now is as good a time as any to remind ourselves (and others) what we are truly trying to create in this space:

We aim to create a destination that will inspire our visitors to support organic food production. We hope to highlight the power of the individual in local food and material distribution, engage creativity through recycling and grow delicious vegetable utilizing natural cycles. We intend to inspire through beauty and to prove this project is possible with some enthusiasm and patience. We will produce 700m2 of 100% recycled. 100% organic. 100% people power productive garden space.

To prove our commitment to these values, we will now boast a small but mighty victory. Finding, securing the donation, and finishing the collection of tonnes of disused rock material from a local work site. This job was bigger than it sounds but we will let the photos do the talking.

                                                                        

                                                       Each bag weighs approximately 30kg,

Each bag was filled by hand

                                                                            

                                                                    Each stone was mined by hand

                                                                      

                                                               We filled two trucks with these bags.