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The Woy Woy Community Garden

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Three years ago I saw a small block of waste land at the end of Moana Street in Woy Woy with nothing growing upon it of note except for a few large Australian bush trees in one corner and I listened to the spoken vision of my friend Jill to turn this space into a community garden. Initial garden site view Initial site view This space now at the end of three years  is a proud example of great gardening from a community of dedicated people all inspired by the vision to create a public growing space that everyone in the community can use and enjoy. There are herbs, fruit trees and various vegetables all sharing this community garden space along with compost bins full of worms, scarecrows, toys for the children to play with and a fantastic mural on the garden wall.  I was told by Jill that initially a garden site plan was designed  and then various stages of that plan have been implemented as the garden has developed over the three years since I last visited. The group app