Nor'West News: January 13, 2022

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ROOM TO GROW: Neighbourhood Trust general manager Dan Hyzl says
public input will help determine what the McFaddens Rd community
garden will look like.
PHOTO: STAR MEDIA
Survey to determine
what you want from
neighbourhood garden
• By Fiona Ellis
PREPARATIONS are
under way for a community
garden aiming to help
people grow together,
physically and mentally.
A survey is now open
for those in St Albans,
Mairehau, Shirley, or the
surrounding suburbs to
give input on the McFaddens
Rd garden.
Neighbourhood Trust
general manager Dan Hyzl
said opinions on the 130m2
garden will help shape the
final outcome.
“It’s a survey of what you
would like in the gardens
and maybe what you don’t
need in the gardens. We’ll
take everything into consideration,”
Hyzl said.
Non-profit organisation
The Green Lab has partnered
with the trust to help
design the garden.
In addition to vegetable
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“It’s a long stretch of
road, there’s a lot of residential
housing and that
sort of thing. There’s demand
for providing a safe
walkway, for both cyclists
and walkers.”
Controlling traffic speed
around neighbourhoods
and schools was another
priority, she said.
Last year the board
kick-started Avonhead and
Russley Community Safety
Initiative in collaboration
with the Christchurch
North Community Patrol,
police, Neighbourhood
Support Canterbury and
Ilam MP Sarah Pallett.
It carried out a survey
beds, options such as a play
area, composting facilities
and a polytunnel for yearround
growing are also
being considered.
The survey also
asks who is interested
in contributing to or
benefiting from the garden,
and how often they would
use the garden.
Those who the trust
particularly aimed to
help with the garden were
young families, people
isolated within the community,
and those with
mental health needs, Hyzl
said.
The outdoor space would
provide a place to “grow
together” and promote
healthy eating.
“There’s a lot of people in
the community who might
not be eating as healthy as
they should, eating processed
food.”
In the future, the trust
to identify safety concerns
of people who lived in the
area, which Williams said
would be followed up this
year.
“We’ll see how we could
put together some kind of
community meeting or
workshop to help residents
and neighbourhoods look
after themselves.”
The board was now looking
at expanding the safety
initiative to Bishopdale and
Strowan, although no date
had been set for this.
Improving community
facilitates such as the public
toilets at Bishopdale Mall
would be another focus.
Board priorities this
year were a balance of core
also hoped to offer cooking
courses incorporating the
produce grown in the community
garden.
“Lots of the ingredients
from the community
garden could be used for
these cooking courses for
different ethnic groups that
are in our community as
well.”
Work towards clearing
the garden site was under
way, and Hyzl said he
hoped a grand opening
would take place sometime
in April.
He estimated the project
would have a final price tag
of between $8000-$12,000,
and was pleased with the
support it had received so
far, including help from
volunteers.
A link to the survey,
which closes on January
20, can be found on the
Neighbourhood Trust
facebook page.
Speed around schools a priority
services and social and environmental
components,
she said.
This included Culture
Galore, set to be held with
board support in Ilam’s Ray
Blank Park on February 19.
“Organisations of the
community from all different
ethnicities come
together and it’s a big
celebration of culture.”
It was likely to be another
year of uncertainty owing
to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The board would
love to thank everyone,
especially community
groups and active citizens,
for getting involved in their
community during these
difficult times.”
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