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Converting an unused public space into a community farm | Garden Inspiration | Gardening Australia

Costa and Josh meet up to visit a very special community farm project in vibrant North Fremantle on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja. Subscribe 🔔 http://ab.co/GA-subscribe The farm is constructed atop an old bowling club and is located between Port Beach and the Swan River. This site was formerly a Chinese market garden in the 1920’s and has been running as a farm since 2016, though it has evolved according to the needs of the local community. Amy Warne is the farm manager and is a very skilled farmer and community operator who has catapulted the current iteration of the farm into the successful model that it operates at today. The ‘social farm’ model is different to the average community garden in that Amy manages all of the garden beds, aiming to maximise production to feed as many people as possible out of the small space. Locals who pay to be members of the social farm are invited to come into the space and pick produce whenever they like. There are 200 full members and heaps more on the waitlist, indicating the popularity of this model. Others can opt to volunteer on the farm with Amy to get their own taste of the vegies. Costa meets some of these special gardeners—Helen, Penny, and John—to learn about how spending time working at the farm help connect them to their community and food. Josh joins in the fun at the farm to meet up with Renée Gardiner, who was the brainchild behind converting this unused public space into a productive patch. Her original vision for the project was to help people struggling with mental health to connect to nature and others in the community. Though the focus and leadership of the space has changed to more of market garden, Renée is confident that positive mental health impacts are an ancillary benefit that the farm still provides. Sophie is another volunteer who shows Costa and Josh around the flower and food forest plantings around the perimeter of the garden. She reflects on how these colourful plantings work to attract kids and visitors from the street, who she delights in teaching to engage with plants and herbs on the farm. ___________________________________________ Gardening Australia is an ABC TV program providing gardening know-how and inspiration. Presented by Australia's leading horticultural experts, Gardening Australia is a valuable resource to all gardeners through the television program, the magazine, books, DVDs and extensive online content. Watch more: http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/gard... Facebook:   / gardeningaustralia   Instagram:   / gardeningaustralia   Web: http://www.abc.net.au/gardening ___________________________________________ This is an official Australian Broadcasting Corporation YouTube channel. Contributions may be removed if they violate ABC's Online Conditions of Use http://www.abc.net.au/conditions.htm (Section 3).