06/02/2024
As the winter garden remains mostly dormant, I wanted to take this time to reflect on what I was proud to be a part of last year.
I am incredibly proud of the progress our small team of volunteers has made with the Avenue Community Garden. It is now not only a home for a wide biodiversity of flora and fauna, but also has solid foundations and structures for the community to engage with and enjoy. A potting shed was funded by the local community, compost bins were gifted and filled with twigs, leaves and Halloween pumpkins, a seating area has been furnished with donations of ornamental and edible plants, shrubs and trees, a mountain of wood chip was dropped off by a local arborist and shovelled to form pathways, and a giant bug hotel was built from foraged materials during an open day community event.
At home my own garden took a bit of a step back, but we were still kept busy with our wonderfully strong hive led by Queen Winnie who we upgraded to a beautiful horizontal hive, we built a reclaimed brick patio which also provides a sandy habitat in the garden, and I relined our small wildlife pond three times(!) due to leaks, I now wait in anxious anticipation of frogspawn in the coming weeks.
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