By Parker McKenzie
A giant “Flower Baby” sculpture will be unveiled at the Belgrave Food Garden on Saturday 17 September as a part of a community garden party event.
The event will run from 11am to 3pm and is the first in a series of seasonal connect and grow events hosted by the food garden, with The Flower Baby sculpture being donated by Wooranna Park Primary School.
Belgrave Food Garden committee member Ellie McSheedy said the nearly four-metre tall and three-metre wide sculpture would find a home in the garden.
“We’re actually lucky in the garden we do have quite a bit of space around the beds, which has been planted with indigenous grasses and trees,” she said.
“We’re going to pop her so she will be very visible but she won’t be in the way. You can still maneuver easily around the garden beds and won’t create any sort of access issues.”
The sculpture was designed by Australian artist Sue Davis, who worked with recycled plastics alongside 12 students from the primary school to create the four-metre high art installation.
The Food Garden committee will also give tours of the garden and will offer advice on composting and growing vegetables. Other free or low-cost activities will be hosted throughout the day like flower crown making, crafts using recycled and natural materials, pot decorating and seed planting, live music from local musicians and large-scale lawn games.
Ms McSheedy said the committee was committed to making the event a spring family celebration coinciding with the equinox.
“Bringing in a new season, the days is getting longer, getting ready to put seedlings in the ground and plants to start growing; we’re focusing on activities like that,” she said.
“We’ll be working with the local Belgrave traders, to put some sort of picnic pack on their menu that people can come and pick up and take into the garden while partaking in the live music.”
A ticketed Kokedama Workshop will also be held, hosted by Where the Wild Things Grow Belgrave.
Updates will be posted on the Food Garden’s Facebook page at facebook.com/BelgraveFoodGarden
The Belgrave Food Garden is located behind the Cameo Cinema at 1624 Burwood Highway, Belgrave.
