{"id":145415,"date":"2024-06-21T22:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-gardening-club-is-a-collective-way-to-grow-food-flowers-and-friendship\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T22:14:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T15:14:22","slug":"a-gardening-club-is-a-collective-way-to-grow-food-flowers-and-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-gardening-club-is-a-collective-way-to-grow-food-flowers-and-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"A gardening club is a collective way to grow food, flowers and friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGetting dirty hands in the garden is a private act in some ways \u2013 but also an environmental gesture in the face of climate change Change by Degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household\u2019s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comOnce a month, about 10 of us gather with our hand hoes, some gloves and a basket filled with snacks and wine. We rotate houses, either drawing names from a hat to see whose turn it is or choosing based on who hasn\u2019t hosted in a while. Once arrived, we set the kids loose to run amok, then dig in \u2013 literally.\u201cGardening club\u201d is a bit different every time but the constant is: we work hard, get our hands dirty, catch up on each other\u2019s lives and let the kids entertain themselves.Rachel is a writer originally from the US, now based in South Australia. She is author of the memoir You Had Me At P\u00e9t-Nat, and publisher and founder of Pipette Magazine Continue reading…
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