Sensory Garden Update and Closing Thanks.
I would like to express my sincere thanks to our volunteers who put in an awesome 91 hours of labour to get the garden beds in and planted.
Big clap for Phil Marlow, Mark Williams for turning up every fortnight to follow my next round of orders. A huge thanks also to the volunteers Peter Cranwell, Peter Smith, Russell Grear and Louis Tonkin who answered the call out for extra support.
Thanks also go to the Mitcham Council for the community grant money to get the project off the ground. To Peta in the office for help and support for various questions we have. To Damien and Mick at Home Hardware for their special price on the herbs and scented plants. To Lachlan and the staff at Banner Mitre 10 for loaning us tools and helping out with questions (those are the cables, ends and rings for the tree security). To Tim Marshman at Mannum for the natives that will go in around the place.
But mostly, to the very supportive BUC community of people who have chatted with us out there in the rain and shine, asked questions, given stories and shared the journey.
By Christmas time this area will be well established so please go and touch, smell, rub the leaves, cut peppermint for a cuppa, parsley for your scrambled eggs and thyme for your herb scones. Enjoy the aromas on a warm afternoon, watch the bees arrive and see our resident Murray magpie scuttling around for bugs in this new vibrant Sensory Community Garden.
Most importantly, take someone with you who has a walker to sit on, or a chair to ride in; who, like my mum, just wanted to touch and smell the plants from her chair.
Blessings and thanks.
Lisa Haddrick