Permablitz 195 (Box Hill Central Shopping Centre)

This is a blitz with a difference – they will be helping The Neighbourhood Project beautify the Box Hill Mall area with wicking beds full of edibles. Adding beds to this currently under-used space will help promote local community and spread awareness of ways to grow and share local food. Apart from beautification, the project is an opportunity to demonstrate the practicality and benefit of green urban space that helps to bridge the disconnection between people and their food sources. This is to be the first such project in Box Hill, with similar initiatives to be rolled out in local community centres – including verge plantings.

Tasks for the day: building 6 wicking beds; and planting them out.

Workshops: how to make a wicking bed; propagation; and companion planting.