What I am really happy with is that people have completely stopped dumping rubbish here. It shows what a difference it makes when people can see a place is cared for and it looks pretty.

However, you will notice a dumped shopping trolley next to the garden in one of the photos. That is still an issue. I caught one of our neighbours dumping a shopping trolley in front of our place about a month ago. I ran up the street with the trolley shouting "you've forgotten your trolley". I knew and he knew he hadn't 'forgotten' it but it helped him save face as I gave it back to him.

A couple of hours later I saw he dumped it further up the street.
#StreetGardening #Melbourne #gardeningAU #ShoppingTrolleys

The foliage in the back half of the garden is more restrained but I am still happy with it as the growth of leaves shows the plants are growing well

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Our garden is now 4 months old and flourishing. Some nasturtium seeds I had planted months before our gardening bee had laid dormant in the ground for about 5 months. After we planted the other plants the nasturtiums surprisingly sprouted.

We haven't had much rain for a month but now that the garden is largely covered by leaves and mulch there are no signs of lack of water.

I am hoping the garden won't need much water over the summer.
#StreetGardening #Melbourne #GardeningAU

I went to my mother's place and did a lot of pruning. Then with those cuttings, plus some very cheap bulbs I organised several volunteers to move the existing plants and plant the cuttings. A couple of us planted cuttings in pots to give to neighbours and left pots with cuttings in the new garden for people to help themselves.
#StreetGardening #GardeningAU #Melbourne

This is a small garden in front of our place in inner #Melbourne. The photo was taken at the start of April. People liked to dump rubbish here and I was sick of constantly clearing away cardboard boxes and other junk left here. I am also keen on getting more greenery in the street because our street is awfully hot in summer.
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Melbourne City Council and residents are working on adding plants to Melbourne's laneways
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/05/melbourne-laneways-council-greening-trial-plants

Our street garden has flourished, and so too have the weeds! After weeding today I laid down some mulch. A couple of neighbours stopped to chat which is what a street garden is about - connecting neighbours with each other
#gardenAus #streetgardening #gardeningAus

One of the plants is going so well it is flowering
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The nasturtium seeds I planted last week in our nature strip haven't come up yet but my gazanias are still flowering well. I took this photo yesterday - you can tell because it is actually sunny. #streetgardening #gardening #melbourne

Yesterday Hubble and I had breakfast together in warm, humid #melbourne #melbourneweather. I told him about chatting about my #streetgardening here. He pointed me to this fabulous post from Penelope Trunk about her efforts in Boston. Perhaps #gardening is a universal experience just with different plants?

https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2022/08/30/making-space-for-something-new/