Jackson Carr feeds the chickens in the University's organic garden. Photo by Belinda Pratten.
The ANU organic garden aims to bring students and staff together to work on real-life sustainability issues. By LUCY WEDLOCK. Five years ago a group of ANU staff and students dreamed of building an organic garden on campus. A place to not only grow vegetables, but a space in which to build community and teach people about the benefits of sustainability. With business proposal in hand and a team of dedicated volunteers, the group secured a patch of land next to the Heritage Early Childhood Centre on Lennox Crossing. At the time the site was home to old playground equipment left to rust. The long unused sand pit became the first garden plot, filled with compost and fenced with chicken wire to protect it from neighbourhood pests.
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