GROWERS are invited to the Meredith Community Garden\u2019s first-ever Food Swap at the Sharing Shed next month.<\/p>\n
People are encouraged to bring along their home grown, farm grown, homemade, community garden-grown, or foraged produce to share and swap with other attendees from across the town, and wider district.<\/p>\n
Meredith Sharing Shed co-founder Chris Ardrey said he expects the initiative will become a regular event on the first Saturday of every month.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had feedback that a lot of home gardeners around Meredith have a lot of excess produce, so some of them will be bringing that along, while others have said they\u2019re keen to share seeds and seedlings,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a good opportunity for the community to get back out after COVID and start talking to each other again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meredith Primary School\u2019s grade 5 and 6 students are leading the development of the community garden project as part of the Sharing Shed\u2019s Nurturing Young Minds for the Future program.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe garden is going well and there\u2019s quite a lot of people using it from the community,\u201d Mr Ardrey said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s full of potatoes, garlic, spring onions, spinach, lettuce, cabbages, cauliflower, peas and tomatoes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, students led a letter box drop, distributing fliers about the food swap which will take place on Saturday, 1 October from 9.30am to 12.30pm at 10 Wallace Street, Meredith.<\/p>\n
Anyone is welcome to attend to simply have a chat, and enjoy tea and coffee inside.<\/p>\n