THIS ISSUE
When you’re the only gardener in the household, it can be either a blessed refuge or a rather lonely business — or, sometimes, a mix of both. As a group, family or couple activity, though, the physical effort and the joys of discovery and productiveness are shared, along with ideas and information. A common love of growing things can make people connect when they otherwise might not. This issue we have three stories of group gardening. One is a lush Queensland community garden that welcomes members and non-members alike. Another is a Permablitz group where members pitch in for a full day and blitz one member’s patch after developing a design for it. The third is a not-for-profit farm designed to engage people with physical, intellectual and psychological disabilities and train…