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Project Description
Providing assistance in creating and maintaining a low input - high output edible tropical Fruit Garden through plants that are hardy and delicious - both international plants that are well suited for the area as well as native plants. Sparked up with communal food preparation and socialising on the end of the day and an event on the end of the week (including music and art) to celebrate the outcome of the initial working bee.
Requirements
- land, land rights and interest/willingness
- Know-how: expert assistance in choosing suitable plants and location & assistance in preparing wholesome meals from local plant based foods
- set up of the garden: tools, materials
- sourcing seeds, cuttings and trees (resources)
- labour
- local community support: from community groups and ideally from the local council
Positive Outcomes
- Homegrown food supply which creates an idependence from supermarkets and fast food
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maintaining pristine environments through less support of conventional food market; avoiding GMO's, processed and packaged foods and the exsisting distribution system, thereby less resource use and less destructive impacts
- Mental and physical Health for young and old - cross cultural
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Food brings people together which aides in the mental wellbeing of the community due to strong social bonds
- Physical exercise and distraction from unbeneficial habits
- learning about green eating and a healthy active lifestyle
- --- - Minimum success more trees adding to a better Carbon balance
Marketing Strategy for extra Support
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The domain AtropicalCommunityGarden.com will represent the project as one of the tropical model gardens Including information on the project, the option to donate and a contact & directions to a row of working bees (gardening - eating together - celebrating)
- Going out in several newsletter to create awareness and a call out for involvement
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Facebook Page as the main Social Media platform to spread the word.
- Contact key persons in local Community groups to offer mutual effort equity
- Spreading the word amongst the Wwoofing network
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