Street Seed Library Idea
From little things , big things grow for community street seed libraries . One person ’ s idea for a community seed library is growing rapidly .
" Neither a borrower nor a lender be " is a well-known phrase from Hamlet by William Shakespeare , but it ' s not one embraced by gardener Deb Ganzer . She wanted to do something for her local community , so she established a community library in Westbrook just outside Toowoomba about two years ago . She has expanded from that idea and now hosts a community seed library as well as the community book library . " The idea came from Costa on ABC Gardening Australia and I thought , ' what a great idea for the community '," she said .
" It ' s very similar to the book library : you take seeds , donate seeds , give back to the library , very much the same concept of trust .
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Is this an idea that any folk from St Margaret ’ s or Holy Cross or , indeed , the wider Hackett community might be interested in pursuing . Would it be useful to establish a community street seed library on the St Margaret ’ s site , perhaps near the labyrinth so attracting passers-by to both things .
St Margaret ’ s News 5 February 2022