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t THE CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ APRIL 20,2005 ♦ PAGE 5 durhamreglon.oom Community gardening grows new friendships i .j it -7 r,r-i Snninrs rot cnmnanv. voulh build trans fix in Durham foster ^neighbourhood •spirit, understanding i' 1YCARLY FOSTER [Staff writer £ DURHAM -- If all you ever associated associated with gardening was bugs and dirt, think again: community gardening can •heal, build confidence and bring people together. community garden program coordinator in Toronto. "It's the sense that we arc all in this together." Not only does gardening itself offer exercise, exercise, fresh air and the obvious -- affordable affordable food -- but community plots mean people who would not normally meet can come together, Ms. Berman said. Durham has six gardens that are part of the community garden network (DCGN), with two in Pickering, two in Oshawa, and one each in Bowmanville and Whitby. The gardens are a great classroom for So says renowned horticulturalist Laura people who have never gardened but would J . .• 1 121.» thrxra xirhn rlnn't hnVP Î1PPP.SS [Berman, who brought her expertise and success stories to a community gardening -forum in Whitby last week. / "The overriding thing is that people help each other," said Ms. Berman, also a hford waste hot mixed with sludge: fcourtice bompany ! ' x '■ from page 1 i] ; : '.X '■■■. t/.J; 'Ÿ/'-r '.V. [approvals under the Environmental Protection Protection Act, as they are considered useful products. ? It's not known which other regions [send their leaf and yard or compost [material to the company, but calls to ■Durham's biggest neighbours -- York 'and Toronto -- confirmed neither region '-Sends material there. Ms. Vice questioned how Durham's material could be sorted out from any \ other that ends up . at the site. The news that Durham's organic organic waste ends up in the hands of a man who makes . a product the Region has been condemning for years raised some questions over contracts at a recent meeting. '-"He comes and takes it away and he owns it. It's his," said Whitby Mayor Marcel Brunelle, who chairs the works Committee. ; The'existing contract does not say what he can do with the leaf, and yard material, material, and the Region "does not have any [ way of proving" that it does not go into [ Nitro-sorb. ; The Region's contract with Canada i Waste Management ends next year. S When the Region-owned compost facil- i ity in south Pickering opens up in 2006, ! the majority of leaf and yard waste will [ go there, Ms. Januszkiewicz said. But ; some will still have to be contracted out ; until the plant reaches full capacity after j two years. > ! -- With files from TorStar News Service like to, or for those who don't have access to a plot, said Catherine Feldman Axford of the DCGN, also a housing coordinator at Cornerstone Community Association, in Oshawa. At the garden near Cornerstone, people living at the centre, plus those from agencies agencies such as the YWCA and Canadian Mental Health Association, learn how to work as a team. "People who arc living on the margins, it helps them learn how to socialize," Ms. Feldman Axford said, adding that neighbours neighbours have also chipped in, including a woman who donates water. Ruth Latimer of Whitby used to garden . before she moved into a townhousc. Sincd moving, she's gotten iiwolved in a com-i munity garden, and last year she grewi flowers, tomatoes, zucchini and lettuce. "I met some people, got some sunshine and fresh air," she said. "It was great." y Last year, the Whitby community and ' communal garden project at Lakeridge Road and Hwy. 7 donated a third of a tonne of food to St. Vincent's Kitchen in Oshawa, said Mary Drummond of the 8 rou P- "It's really indicative of what we can do, she said, adding that people with disabilities disabilities and mental health issues were involved as well. Seniors get company, youth build transferable transferable job skills, kids learn where their food comes from, and everybody can be educated about foods from different cultures, cultures, Ms. Berman said. 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