Construction will start soon on facilities for a central Christchurch edible garden after a fundraising campaign raised more than $1 million. The garden, Ōtākaro Orchard on Cambridge Tce, is being established as a community project by more than 50 organisations and businesses. Launched in 2015, Ōtākaro Orchard took a step forward in 2016 when a five-year lease on the land was signed with the Crown. Jonny Knopp Peter Wells of the food resilience network, central Christchurch MP Duncan Webb, and city councillor Vicki Buck at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Ōtākaro Orchard building last week. Iain McGregor/Stuff Volunteers prepare the soil for planting apple trees at an Ōtākaro Orchard working bee in 2017.

Source: Stuff May 21, 2019 07:30 UTC