Our working committee met last week and we have already dug 3 new gardens around 3 suburbs of Dunedin to kick-start the new vege garden season.
Last season our group was involved in approx 20 new gardens and we also assisted in 9 gardens that required assistance from the previous year.
We were surprised and delighted to receive the Health & Well Being award at the Trustpower Community evening earlier this month.
Our emphasis at the start of this Spring is to be as active as we can, digging new gardens in the backyards of our clients and then assisting them with the on-going planting and maintenance. And we know that at least 15-20 of our earlier gardens will require some help and advice through this year as well.
So for this work we need a team of willing volunteers. Last season our numbers fell away until it was left to just the faithful few in the last 2 or 3 months.
If you are able to help on a Saturday morning [say 2 or 3 Sats a month] please reply YES to this email.
Help means 4 hours from 9-00am to 1-00pm.. Or it can mean 9-00am to 11-00am, or 11-00am to 1-00pm.
This will enable me to estimate the size of our team each week and the extent of work that we can accomplish.
This Saturday [29th ]we have 3 or 4 new gardens to dig plus some earlier gardens to prepare for planting. If you are able to help this Saturday please reply YES as above and OK this SAT
Gardening greetings Alan Dunbar
