One of the definitions of community is that community is ”a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals”. Some will have heard this cliche’…. “the sense of community that organized religion can provide”. I would like this garden to create that kind of sense of community.
Trevor Thouroughgood from an 18 year old family business called Thourogood Gardens donated almost 4 cubes of topsoil and grass from a clients garden in the area last week. Thourogood Gardens specializes in landscaping, maintenance and clean ups. They do alot of work in the Northern Suburbs, but can reach all of Johannesburg. And, to top it off, they can sort out your koi pond, water features, irrigation and take out a few trees too. I hope Trevor will drop off some logs or stepping stones too at some point. This particular gift from the Universe (as I call it) was very special to me, it came as I was waiting a few days to confirm soil coming for pirates and kinda stuck without it. Thank you Thourogood Gardens <3 and thank you to Cultura too for delivering. Contact Trevor on 082 319 4214
IN the previous garden, my tap was installed by a family from Boksburg, and in this one the new tap is from the man I work with in the mountains. I see people from the Owl People group in Greenside come by, and old customers from the market. At the market I get vegan soap with hibiscus and rose water, avo and cucumber cream and potato flour bread. I smile. I see you speak with each other, I see the new market growing and the fences restored, all sorts of things have come together within this community I no longer fathom defining.
I have traded for and been gifted with many plants from the Kitchen Garden Company in Greenside, and pots and trays from Pirates and bokashied food waste from someone who goes to the market regularly.
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Thank you to all of you.
I believe that this Pirate garden will at some point become a more interactive space, bringing together a community of people who trade with and support each other. I have vented online about how community simply does not exist, yet still worked toward it and within it, and I am deeply humbled looking back on this journey. A community might not always be your neighbor or a family member. In this garden, people from Honeydew area or Boksburg have assisted, even people from as far as Germany, just passing through 
In a book Ive started reading, by M. Scott Peck called The Different Drum – the creation of true community – the first step to world peace. Yes, I do giggle at the thought of me finally starting to read again, and it happens to be about creating world peace …. anyway, it says we believe ”If we can resolve our conflicts, then someday we shall have community.” Could it be that we are wrong and that the real belief should be in that, “If we can live together as community, then someday we shall be able to resolve our conflicts.”
…. anyway, it says we believe ”If we can resolve our conflicts, then someday we shall have community.” Could it be that we are wrong and that the real belief should be in that, “If we can live together as community, then someday we shall be able to resolve our conflicts.”I would still like to get a bench or some kind of outdoor kitchen area going, and a wendy hut, definitely more soil for around the perimeter and more fruit trees. Please let us know if you wish to trade or donate something toward it by email nntreasure@gmail.com as I am not around signal alot.
Do come enjoy the space, say hello to us and each other more often.
Thank you for respecting the space we grow our food and medicine in
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