Â鶹ֱ²¥ of Technology staff and students have been toiling in the soil preparing for the official launch of their organic vegetable garden.<\/p>\n
To be launched on 25 October, the 550 square metre garden near Kurrajong Village on Curtin\u2019s Bentley Campus produces a variety of vegetables including spinach, peas, beans, basil, broccoli, parsley and tomatoes.<\/p>\n
Peter Cope, from Curtin Housing Services, helped set up the garden and coordinates all the monthly busy bees and other activities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe garden, which was originally vacant scrub land, was established to help foster a sense of community amongst students who are away from home and encourage more fresh food into student diets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cCurtin Housing Services provided us with all the essentials to set up the garden such as wheelbarrows, tools, manure, seeds and five well-established fruit trees.<\/p>\n
\u201cA number of University faculties provide food scraps from kitchens which make their way into our compost making bins. We also recycle a lot of newspapers for our mulched pathways.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Cope said staff and students volunteer on weekends to weed, dig, plant and prune.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn return, the volunteers can take home some of the vegetables. It\u2019s not quite a supermarket, but it does supplement their weekly vegetable needs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Cope has also organised student cooking competitions using vegetables from the garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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