A charity that grows vegetables at Government House expands its production indoors, using underground parking at Glenlyon Norfolk School.
A local charity that has been growing vegetables on the grounds of Government House has expanded its production indoors so it can supply fresh, nutritious produce to food banks and community kitchens year-round.
But with funding from the Victoria Foundation, the society collaborated with Glenlyon Norfolk School last fall to re-purpose a portion of the school’s underground parking on Beach Drive into an indoor farm.Once the farm is in regular operation, Murr said, the group expects to grow and harvest 250 plants per week.
The project also has an educational component, with students from Glenlyon Norfolk School’s Grade 5 class learning about hydroponic cultivation and helping with harvesting the crop. The indoor garden at the school features a 23-foot-by-14-foot grow room with two-foot-by-four-foot stackable shelving racks holding 250 plants at a time.
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