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Let it grow: Mithrael Dumais, left, Rebecca Hammond and Matt Mitchell at a working bee to establish the Seaford Community Food Forest Garden. Picture: Yanni
Plan to grow garden ‘food forest’ BACKYARD blitzes are all the rage but a garden makeover with a difference is underway in Seaford. Volunteers are hard at work creating a “chemical free food forest” at Newton St. The Seaford Community Food Forest Garden will aim to give visitors hands on experience of permaculture principles used to grow food. Permaculture designer Mithrael Dumais has teamed up with Swinburne University lecturer Matthew Mitchell, Riviera Preschool Centre manager Rebecca Hammond and John Mackenzie to spend time establishing the food forest garden. Permaculture is the development of agricultural ecosystems intended to be sustainable and self-sufficient. “Once established, the local kinder kids, playgroups, primary schools and community members will be invited
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