By Callum Ludwig
A new offering at the Seville Community House is set to provide a regular opportunity for green thumbs in the community to come together.
After a number of expressions of interest, a monthly Gardening Club is forming out of the community venue with gardeners of any experience encouraged to get involved.
Manager of the Seville Community House Stacie Adams said they have a very broad idea of what the club will be right now and are open to making it whatever the community wants.
“Two weeks ago, we had a big working bee because our garden was looking a little bit worse for wear after winter, so we gave it a big refresh, mulched the garden, cut it all back, mowed up all the lawns and it’s looking lovely again,” she said,
“Having spoken to some people around that, as well as before and after that, we have had a lot of interest in a gardening club,”
“For now, we’re saying to come along once a month and they are welcome to work in our garden if they want, but that also doesn’t have to happen and it can be more of a space to share ideas, bring and swap seedlings and cuttings and that kind of thing.”
The first meeting of the Gardening Club will be on Saturday 2 November and another is locked in for Sunday 7 December.
Ms Adams said it’s about creating a space for people to share a common interest.
“Sometimes you have an idea that you’d like to meet with people around you with a common interest, but you don’t necessarily know who those people are,” she said.
“The social connections are so important, there’s a lot of isolated people, whether it’s because they’ve got so much going on that they haven’t even thought about how they are isolated or lonely, or whether it’s because they don’t know what space they can go to to find other people who share,” she said.
“Gardening is something that a lot of people like to do, especially this time of year, getting out in the sun and being around nature, getting to breathe in that lovely Upper Yarra air, so to allow other people to enjoy it and not just keep it for myself on my lunch breaks is lovely.”
The Gardening Club will be held from 10am to 12pm and attendees are asked just to bring a gold coin donation.
For more information, you can call 03 5964 3987.
