Stepping On Out with Jam Yesterday, Jam Tomorrow

Juliana Vandegrift, Heritage Project Manager for Jam Yesterday, Jam Tomorrow, writes: The Environment Trust’s model market garden in Marble Hill Park received a welcome visit from Richmond’s Stepping On Out group on Wednesday 6th April. Stepping On Out are regular visitors to the garden and this time they helped with Spring planting. First of all they planted pots of dahlias, which will eventually be transferred to the cut flower bed and form our crop for harvest donations later in the summer. Then the rest of the session was spent planting potatoes in grow bags. For most of the group it was their very first time having a go at this activity and there was a great buzz of energy and laughter.

The best part of the session was the debut of a new lady friend for Daniel, the model market garden scarecrow; Stepping On Out has made Daniel a friend called Daniella and she has now joined her buddy! Thanks so much to the group for their help and contribution to the session.

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