( COVID-19 links )
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I don't remember if I touted the Sydney Edible Garden Trail around here? At any rate, I'm going to do so over on![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
gardening.
The original idea was 65 Sydney gardeners opening up their gardens to ticket-holders to show how they grow their own food and supplement their household diet, how they deal with waste and reuse and water restrictions in what was, at the time, a massive drought in the Sydney basin.
When COVID-19 arrived and restrictions to gatherings began, the plan was originally to continue to hold it. But by the week leading up to the open gardens, everything was slowing down, closing down, and the restrictions were growing.
So they took it online - they made it the Virtual Sydney Edible Garden Trail. Instead of physically attending gardens, garden owners liveblogged on a Facebook group so people all over the world could come and see what they could do in a suburban setting. An Australian gardening personality led the charge - Costa Georgiardis - and visited about 15 gardens that weekend and the next, talking to the owners about the features, and asking them about the issues they faced and how they solved them.
Yes, I was one of those gardeners. Yes, I had Costa visiting my garden. It was heaps of fun.
There were also interviews, workshops, demonstrations - making sourdough bread, building wicking beds, apartment balcony gardens. Not just landowners and homeowners, but renters negotiating their temporary situation, people living in two bedroom apartments, and community and school gardens.
The Virtual ticket costs about $6 AUD. You can be anywhere in the world, but you will need an FB account.
There's a lot of advice, help, and info in there. And all of it given by ordinary, everyday people like you and me, working jobs, trying to survive in the world as we know it, well aware that the system is broken but unable to do more than resist in our own small way and hoping that if enough of us resist, maybe the people in power will sit up and take notice of the possibilities instead of the money. We can hope!
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And less garden-intensive: there's a #gardenglowup2020 hashtag on Instagram! Go forth and admire!
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I don't remember if I touted the Sydney Edible Garden Trail around here? At any rate, I'm going to do so over on
gardening.The original idea was 65 Sydney gardeners opening up their gardens to ticket-holders to show how they grow their own food and supplement their household diet, how they deal with waste and reuse and water restrictions in what was, at the time, a massive drought in the Sydney basin.
When COVID-19 arrived and restrictions to gatherings began, the plan was originally to continue to hold it. But by the week leading up to the open gardens, everything was slowing down, closing down, and the restrictions were growing.
So they took it online - they made it the Virtual Sydney Edible Garden Trail. Instead of physically attending gardens, garden owners liveblogged on a Facebook group so people all over the world could come and see what they could do in a suburban setting. An Australian gardening personality led the charge - Costa Georgiardis - and visited about 15 gardens that weekend and the next, talking to the owners about the features, and asking them about the issues they faced and how they solved them.
Yes, I was one of those gardeners. Yes, I had Costa visiting my garden. It was heaps of fun.
There were also interviews, workshops, demonstrations - making sourdough bread, building wicking beds, apartment balcony gardens. Not just landowners and homeowners, but renters negotiating their temporary situation, people living in two bedroom apartments, and community and school gardens.
The Virtual ticket costs about $6 AUD. You can be anywhere in the world, but you will need an FB account.
There's a lot of advice, help, and info in there. And all of it given by ordinary, everyday people like you and me, working jobs, trying to survive in the world as we know it, well aware that the system is broken but unable to do more than resist in our own small way and hoping that if enough of us resist, maybe the people in power will sit up and take notice of the possibilities instead of the money. We can hope!
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And less garden-intensive: there's a #gardenglowup2020 hashtag on Instagram! Go forth and admire!