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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Rachel Signer

A gardening club is a collective way to grow food, flowers and friendship

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Collective gardening can mean real, visible progress towards providing habitats for wildlife and lowering your carbon footprint – plus there are personal gains. Photograph: MB Photography/Getty Images

Once a month, about 10 of us gather with our hand hoes, some gloves and a basket filled with snacks and wine. We rotate houses, either drawing names from a hat to see whose turn it is or choosing based on who hasn’t hosted in a while. Once arrived, we set the kids loose to run amok, then dig in – literally.

“Gardening club” is a bit different every time but the constant is: we work hard, get our hands dirty, catch up on each other’s lives and let the kids entertain themselves.

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