27 May 2022
New Patch Feeds Belonging
Article by Carla Caruso
A new veggie patch in your Adelaide Park Lands is helping recently-arrived migrants lay roots in the community.
The ‘Global Garden’ is an initiative of one of the Botanic Garden’s therapeutic horticultural programs in the Adelaide Botanic Garden.
Participants engage in “a powerful process of place-making, connection and belonging” by growing culturally significant food plants within its Kitchen Garden.
So far, more than nine countries and cultures are represented in the program, including Afghanistan, Iran, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, Colombia, and Mexico. Participants are aged from two to 70 years old.
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