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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 4 Hansard (11 April) . . Page.. 1135 ..

(3)

a) The three gardens at Cook, Kambah and Holder were established during 2001 and the other seven were established during the 1980's and 1990's. Narrabundah is yet to be established.

b)

Each person is allocated a plot of approximately 50 m2 in which they generally grow vegetables, herbs, companion plants and sometimes flowers. Growers purchase their own seeds. The produce is for their own personal use and the COGS rules of the gardens is that it is not allowed to be grown for commercial use or financial gain. All ten COGS gardens follow these rules and Narrabundah is in principle following these rules even though they are not affiliated with COGS.

c)

Yes water is provided through in ground piping and standpipes with tap connections, individual gardeners supply their own fittings and hoses at all the garden sites.

d)

For the 10 COGS gardens, when they were established ACTEW had to approve the plans and a separate meter was put into each garden. Each person within the gardens is allocated a plot at a cost of $0.75 /meter per annum to cover generic running costs of their garden. A similar process is being followed with Narrabundah.

e)

The community gardens generally have between 20- 40 gardeners, one of whom is the convenor for each individual garden who reports to the peak group of the Canberra Organic Growers Society. Each individual garden has their own autonomy with the general rules being administered by COGS. A similar process is being followed with Narrabundah.

(4) The gardens are not under contract, they are administered by the Canberra Organic Growers Society and the Old Narrabundah Community Council and run along the same principles as 'Commons' in European countries.

(5) The COGS gardens are on government land managed by a range of agencies. None have been required to take out leases, aside from the new garden being established at Narrabundah. Leases were not required on the earlier gardens, as they were not deemed by the land managers to be a permanent use. The lessee at Narrabundah will be the Old Narrabundah Community Council.

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