Planting the seeds of garden know-how l i t y S
WHAT would your children say if they could grow bright green hair out of a little egg man’s head?
It’s one of many surprises for children planned by volunteers from the Dubbo Community Garden on Palmer Street for their display at the Sustainable City Expo this month.
“I’m going to have little egg men with wheat hair sticking up. So the children can draw the face on the egg, put the seed in, take him home, and watch his green hair grow,” volunteer Jenny Parker told
There’ll be other surprise activities including opportunities for children to meet worms and even buy them to take home too.
“They’re not garden worms, they’re composting worms, for litter on top of the ground,” she said.
Mrs Parker’s granddaughter, four year-old Zoe Bowen, seemed right at home among the vegetables during Dubbo Photo
visit to the garden, where she was enjoying freshly picked beans from a vine.
“Occasionally we have a cook up and eat it here right on the spot. We did a soup a couple of weeks ago. It had pumpkin, potatoes and stuff that we’ve produced, boiled up and eaten. We had a very good crop of black beans and snake beans. They all went in,” Mrs Parker said.
Volunteer Denise Yeo explained all the activities being held at the Expo are about getting the children excited about gardening.
The Dubbo Community Garden on Palmer Street is open to all, every Wednesday from 9am to 12 noon.
Find their stall at the Sustainable City Expo on Saturday, August 24.