Community Garden to be inclusive for everyone
By Kirra Livingstone
THE Glasshouse Mountains Community Garden recently released its concept plan, in hopes to gain community feedback on their inclusive garden space.
Committee member, Sarah Way, said they had already received plenty of community support and generous donations.
“Since we started the Facebook page, we’ve had two massive donations of plants,” she said.
“We were hoping to have 10 garden beds, and we had two donated from Bunnings Caloundra, three from the Glasshouse Mountains Advancement Network, and another five from Glasshouse Property Sales.”
She added the committee were dedicated to providing a facility that will benefit the whole community.
“We want it to be not just a garden, but a place that people want to go to connect,” Sarah said.
“It will be a place to connect and hang out, and to learn new things about healthy, sustainable living.
“It will also provide food to people in the community who can’t afford fresh produce.”
Sarah said it was also important to ensure the community garden was accessible to wheelchair users and NDIS clients.
“Last year we held a workshop at the community garden and had a wheelchair user who couldn’t go and look at the gardens,” she said.
“This inspired us to start looking into it because it is important everyone can experience the garden.
“We also went to business All About Autism, and we are going to try and expand the garden to accommodate neurodivergent children and even add some braille to cater to the blind.”
The project has been in the development stage for 15 months now, and Sarah expects it could take at least another year to complete it.
The committee is also holding a fundraiser on Neighbours Day (May 31) in partnership with the Glass House Mountains Community Collective, to raise more funds for the project.
“We are always looking for donations from gardening tools, hoses, wheelbarrows to plants,” Sarah said.
“We appreciate any help we can get.
“For all donations and enquiries about volunteering please email us on ghmcommunitygarden@gmail.com.”
