Garden visit to Sue’s garden in Bellingen

Sue says:

As for a bit about myself and what my hopes are for the garden….

Well, I have been in Bellingen just 3 years. Born in Qld, but spent most of my adult life in Tassie. When my kids left home, and the State, I decided I would too and went to live and work in the remote NT for 6 years. Now here.

I am still working part time as a Community Palliative Care Social Worker, but contemplating transition into a life not in paid work quite soon. I have a life long interest, indeed passion for meditation, and for growing things.

My current garden has been determined a lot by existing trees and landscape shapings, including some grassed areas, though I am keen to reduce the grass to just a couple of areas. I want it to be beautiful as well as sustainably productive and able to feed me (and others), the birds and the bees. I am still working out how to garden in this climate.

I am inspired by permaculture and ideas of food forests. Though mine will never quite be that, and it is a work in progress, with much yet to do in my vision, I love being in it, and also welcome thoughts and ideas of the BSS group.