Four recycled orange crates will begin their second life to form garden beds as a vegetable community garden is established at the Griffith Community Centre on Benerembah street.
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The future raised garden beds were secured this week thanks to being generously donated by Tony Sergi and Rinaland Griffith and will form the beginnings of Stage One of the construction of the garden.
In a joint partnership between Intereach, Centacare, Red Cross and the Griffith Community Centre the project was conceived to help meet the needs of particularly vulnerable members of the Griffith community.
"We want to create a space for people to come together, form friendships and improve their overall well-being," Peta Dummet, Griffith Community Centre co-ordinator said.
Griffith residents that come from diverse multicultural backgrounds, have experienced a number of set backs this year due to COVID, which Intereach in particular wanted to address.
"We noticed due to the pandemic there were significant mental health issues being experienced by men in our community," Rey Ranin, from Intereach explained.
After consultation with leaders from Griffith's various diverse cultural communities, the desire to get active and do something productive was the common interest for men.
"Gardening is universal to all nationalities," Mr Ranin said.
"We believe this activity will provide social interaction and the opportunity to meet new friends and improve well-being."
With soil and potentially worm compost already sourced, the Community Centre is asking for anyone able to donate gardening tools or expertise in vegetable cultivation to come forward and contact the centre to get involved.
A community grant has been lodged with Griffith City Council for financial support but is still pending a decision.