COMMUNING WITH NATURE
The Yandina Community Gardens, with its cosy Blue House community centre and friendly volunteer staff , is something of a haven. Situated on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, it promotes environmentally sustainable, affordable and healthy living based on permaculture principles.
As former president Michelle Parry begins to explain a thing or two about this wonderful place and her role in the organisation, we’re standing under a golden penda (Xanthostemon chrysanthus) in full yellow bloom while pollinating insects buzz within it.
Michelle recently resigned as YCG president. “I just loved it so much that the rest of my life went on hold,” she says, “so I had
