How does your garden grow? The thriving initiative behind a Glen Innes general practice

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How does your garden grow? The thriving initiative behind a Glen Innes general practice

13 December 2023

Zach

Thompson

zthompson@nzdoctor.co.nz

Wednesday 13 December 2023, 01:00 AM

Tamaki Urban Market Garden farmers Britta Hamill (L) and Dani Spoeth (R)

Farmers Britta Hamill (left) and Dani Spoeth plan the garden’s crops, planting schedules and harvest timings [Image: NZD]

Zach Thompson visits Tāmaki Urban Market Garden, a community project operating on the premises of a Glen Innes medical practice

Tāmaki Urban Market Garden began with a query to an Auckland general practice about an unused patch of grass on its section. Now, it aims to feed at l, Lucy Piermont Tamaki Urban Market Garden, Tāmaki Urban Market Gardener founder Lucy Pierpoint – the garden grows around 20 diferent types of vegetables across 100sqm [Image: Supplied]

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