A visit from our neighbours
A few weeks ago, two IB students from Dover Court, a school nearby, came to visit our service, Incredible Edible and took some samples to create their own garden at their school. They came to one of our Monday sessions, and we took them for a tour of all the produce we grow and explained to them a bit about our mission and how we started Incredible Edible at our school.
We first started by showing them what we grow at school, and what grows easily in Singapore, for example, we gave them some samples of dill, Moringa and okra to grow in their school, as these are all fast-growing foods that are easy to produce. We talked about the origins of the Incredible Edible Project and that it actually started in England, and a parent from our school brought the idea to UWC. The project aims to bring people together over local produce, and some groups who participate in Incredible Edible rely solely on the food they produce to eat. We then took them to the other main edible garden we have on campus, which is the one the Wednesday team usually work in. We gave them samples of basil, mint and some other herbs that are grown in the garden.
Before they left, we exchanged emails so that they could contact us with any concerns they might have in growing produce or building a community of gardeners. One question they asked was how we got people to join in with the gardening, and we told them how we run it as a service and that we work with middle schoolers and some primary school students as well. Overall I think it’s really good that we were able to spread the Incredible Edible project to another school in Singapore and I hope to spread the initiative to many other schools in Singapore so that we can all take part in Incredible Edible.
(Kyla McHugh)