The Garden of Change

Posted on July 26, 2006

I live just off Commercial Drive. On our street there was a little patch of waste ground which was constantly being used by people as a dumping ground - chairs, beds, couches. We were constantly calling the city to pick up the rubbish. Then one day at a p

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Written by Ned on 26 July, 2006
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I think I know the spot Duncan is talking about.  It was an eye sore for a long time and it's now a totally productive garden. 

China Creek Co-op did something very similar.  A slope right at the base of Vancouver Community College was once a live stream (which is still running underground) but became a landfill.  I think about 10 years ago the China Creek Housing Co-op turned the landfill into a garden.  Those who turnover their soil today still find reminants of it but it's an absolutely incredible garden area now.

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