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Growing people, PLANTS AND PROFIT

It’s mid February, and the school year has just begun. Jade and I are resuming our Thursday morning gardening sessions in Grey Lynn at the Auckland Women’s Centre. For me, it’s a chance to reach out to a community a bit further from home than the other community gardens I work at, and demonstrate what an easy-care workplace edible garden looks like, with home-scale composting. I discovered the Auckland Women’s Centre in 2016 through a sixweek free course they were offering, and the Centre soon became a sanctuary for me. I’m now giving back in the form of gardening as one of the many volunteers connected with various functions of the organisation. (awc.org.nz)

Jade’s work experience

For Jade this is work experience and part of her school week. What does this involve? It includes managing the worm farm and compost bin, watering the garden, and collecting the compost bucket from the

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