Moera community garden project commenced with the construction of two wooden vegetable beds.
Last September the Moera community garden project commenced with the construction of two wooden vegetable beds. One year on and there are ten wooden beds plus another four made out of old truck tyres. The community garden is a project of Moera locals learning and sharing how to garden and build community. It is now very much to the forefront as a hive of community activity and is the sixth Hutt suburb to have such a garden. The most recent activity was a seed swap event that by all accounts went off superbly well. Several new people from around the neighbourhood come along plus a few from the Pinehaven Community Gardens and Lower Hutt Transition Towns representatives. All up, they had three full tables of seeds to swap and a lot of trading was going on. At the end of the day the Community Gardens was the beneficiary of several boxes full of seedlings. For those interested they meet every Saturday 10am at the garden - 105 Randwick Crescent, behind the Moera Community Hall, which is behind the Moera Library. Alternatively if you are interested in establishing a community garden in your suburb, there is a public meeting about community gardens in the Hutt Valley on Saturday 17 October 2009 10am to 12 noon at St Matthew?s Anglican Church, Reynolds Street, Taita.
