{"id":659,"date":"2011-06-05T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-05T19:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=659"},"modified":"2011-08-21T23:03:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-21T23:03:06","slug":"659","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/659\/","title":{"rendered":"VEG OUT UNDER LUNA PARK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-632\" title=\"veg-out-mustard\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/195.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-635\" title=\"veg-out-chicken\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/200.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/194-3.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[659]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-662\" title=\"veg-out-letterbox\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/194-3.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/206.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[659]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-636\" title=\"veg-out-calendulas\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/206.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-640\" title=\"veg-out-dinosaur-luna-park\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/219.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/207.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[659]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-637\" title=\"veg-out-sink\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/207.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/209.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[659]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-638\" title=\"veg-out-mustard-red-giant-artichoke\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/209.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/215.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[659]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-639\" title=\"veg-out-lock\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/215.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/220.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[659]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-641\" title=\"veg-out-dinosaur-lettuce\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/220.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As part of our PDC course we visited the community garden Veg Out in St Kilda. It has quite a lovely history, it began as an abandoned bowling green, the building had been taken over by a group of artists who after a while felt sorry for the weed infested green and began nurturing it and then it sprawled and rambled out into one of the prettiest, creative community gardens I have seen. It was so loved by the community that the council couldn&#8217;t kick them out and now have grown to cherish it too. Dinosaurs made of trash metal stalk under the shadow of Luna Park and, there is a garden bed shaped as a ship complete with a mini sail, each plot has a letter box so when there are water restrictions everyone knows when they are allowed to water. It was a very inspiring place, every child at heart couldn&#8217;t help but melt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; As part of our PDC course we visited the community garden Veg Out in St Kilda. 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