A perfect place to gather and grow
Willsmere Kitchen Garden - resurrecting a historic community garden
A new community garden for all to learn and grow.
Project details
Suggested by: Vicki
Project partner: 3000acres
Region
Inner South East Metro
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214 votes received
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We will resurrect a community garden in Yarra Park on the site of the old Kew Asylum garden, which was a working kitchen garden for a century. This unfenced garden will service hundreds of nearby residents who have limited room to grow vegetables and create a safe space to build and support the garden and community togetherness. We will grow sustainable, organic vegetables, develop a greenhouse, bee hives, storage facilities and an orchard. There will be an emphasis on growing food from around the world to celebrate multiculturalism and regular free workshops for the community to learn new skills.
Many local residents lack space to grow, and demand for community garden plots mean local community gardens have lengthy waitlists! This project will turn an under-utilised paddock into a thriving community garden for all. Our emphasis will be on bringing the community together from the design to the development and maintenance stages. We will have regular community gatherings / events. Garden beds will be dedicated to crops common to diverse cultures. Our design will respect the history of the site, through using indigenous crops and heritage orchard tree varieties, which appeared in the original Kew Asylum kitchen garden.
Project details
Suggested by: Vicki
Project partner: 3000acres
Region
Inner South East Metro
Budget
Votes
214 votes received
This project did not receive enough votes to be successful.
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Great initiative, it will be a great benefit to the community.
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Perfect use of the land, and the garden will benefit many people!
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We need more community gardens like this proposed one. There are just sooooo many benefits to having a community garden and the Parks Vic space is perfect.
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Great Project!!
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An extraordinary opportunity to create a truly magical space, respectful of the past yet visionary enough to resonate with the present and future. This project has the potential to not only touch and affect many lives for the better but be a leading example of community living at its best.
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Terrific initiative. There is a great need for people to be able to connect to the soil for their physical and mental health.
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What a wonderful project!!
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A wonderful project for Willsmere and neighbors nearby. It brings people together, and more green space. Love this!
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Love to see this get off the ground.Great opportunity for community working together to rebuild the historic Kew Market garden. Brilliant vision.
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Great to see this community working together on a worthwhile project.
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I would love to see this project going forward and benefiting all.
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Brilliant idea for a community garden
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Will draw people into the park to enjoy the community garden as well as the open spaces.
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Fantastic idea for the community!
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A great way to engage bas a community and build a sustainable community and planet
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A Fabulous community project. that will bring local residents together and educate children about where our food comes from, recycling, compost etc. Brings us all back in touch with basics1
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This is incredible!!! Enormous thanks to all the bright minds and green thumbs driving this for the residents of Kew.
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This will be a wonderful Community project, will bring neighbours together, recycle our green waste from home and supply our community with fresh produce, an absolute winner!
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A great way to strengthen community. It'd bee wonderful to see this get off the ground. Then we could enjoy the fruits of everyone's efforts!
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Great idea to help to bring the community together to make a greener place for people to learn and grow!
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What a fabulous use of heritage property in a residential area: now that's what I'd call a basic building block for a community. It has my vote!
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Just voted #1 Willsmere Kitchen Garden
We want it !
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Fabulous idea for the local area!
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NickByw
14 Sep 2018
Please include those people with disabilities who live in the area. This would be a great project for inclusion and developing a sense of belonging to community.