Youth revitalising a community garden, Whanganui
The Te Pihi Ora Hou Girls’ group are getting behind a vision to provide local produce to the community
Young people in Whanganui are getting behind the St Peters community garden and want to see it extended. The garden provides fruit and vegetables freely for the local community. Not only does this provided support and build the community, but it reduces the amount of plastic waste as produce is unpackaged compared to store-bought alternatives. Creating more community green spaces is a small positive step towards reducing climate change, and an inspiration for further change.
The group initially dreamt big, wanting to build several new garden beds. When plans had to change the youth showed resilience and repurposed an old bathtub, which ended up being less resource intensive by reusing ‘waste’. The youth shared in decision making, assembling the new garden bed, and planting the next round of vegetables for the existing gardens. In the process there was opportunity for learning new skills about gardening, raising plants and reading instructions!
As the young people contributed to this larger project, they built their sense of mana and achievement, and gave something back to the community. They’ll continue to visit the seeds they planted over the year, as their mahi created a connection that will enable partnership in the future.
The details
This project will build a new planter and grow seeds for existing garden beds.
The project will cost $100 with funds going towards building materials and plants
All ARO projects will have an independent verifier local to the region to monitor progress and outcomes.
This project has been fully funded by Impact Consulting
