Local Support for a New Vegetable Garden at Knysna’s ‘HIV Clinic’

Local Support for a New Vegetable Garden at Knysna’s ‘HIV Clinic’

Over a month ago EDGE of AFRICA volunteers initiated a vegetable garden at the ‘HAART (Highly Active Anti – Retroviral Treatment) Clinic’ at Knysna Provincial Hospital.

At present the garden is small but it is growing beautifully! It comprises of cabbage, spinach beetroot and spring onions.

The idea for this vegetable garden came from Dr. Laurel Giddy; she would eventually like to see all the grass area surrounding the ‘HARRT Clinic’ covered in veggies!

The purpose of this garden is that people attending the ‘HAART Clinic’ will eventually be able to take a selection of veggies home with them as they leave the clinic. All the veggies that will be grown and that are currently growing are of high nutritional value to increase a healthy diet.

With any chronic illness and when taking regular medications a good, balanced diet is imperative. We hope that by establishing this vegetable garden we can assist people who may not have the financial means to buy fresh vegetables essential for such a diet.

The next phase of the garden is going to be a ‘mealie’ garden (as in Corn on the cob!)
We have had a lot of support from the people of Knysna and I suppose this would be as good an opportunity as any to thank these people.

Thank you to Beth Wilkinson from that’s it and also to Margaret and Bronwyn at Hedges Garden Centre.

Eavanna Maloney
http://www.EDGEofAFRICA.com/