Watch their gardens grow
Logan Artists Association volunteers can now better manage their green space thanks to the donation of a ride-on mower.
The Logan Artists Association is a Loganlea-based not-for-profit organisation established in the 1980s. It’s operated by volunteers and helps the community learn about, and create, visual art.
The association’s premises contains an art gallery, art studio, pottery studio, meeting area and a large outdoor green space often used for community events.
Maintaining such a vast area is a big job for volunteers and this was made even more difficult when the recent floods destroyed the organisation’s mowing and gardening equipment.
Councillor Tony Hall has come to the rescue by providing new mowing and gardening equipment, including a new ride-on mower paid for by the Division 6 Community Benefit Fund.
The new equipment is located on higher ground in a more secure location. Having it now enables the Logan Artists Association to continue hosting community events.
Cr Hall is also helping another garden to grow at Loganlea State High School.
The Urban Farm and Food Forest Project aims to integrate urban farming into the culture and curriculum of schools and grow food for the needy.
It’s an initiative of Logan City Council’s CityStudio Logan, which brings together community leaders, young people and Council staff to solve real-life challenges using innovation, collaboration and determination.
Year 10, 11 and 12 students and first-year Urban and Environmental Planning students from Griffith University are creating a sustainable urban food farm with the goal of donating the food to charities such as OzHarvest and Meals on Wheels.
Councillor Hall says he didn’t hesitate to make a private donation to the urban food farm.
‘About 47,000 people in Logan need food assistance every day and urban farms will play a big role in ensuring everyone gets food on their plate as our population grows,’ Cr Hall says.
‘This will also help educate future generations on the importance of food security and could even steer some of the students towards a future career path.’
This project was completed as part of CityStudio Logan which was operational from July 1st, 2018 to June 30th, 2023. For more information on CityStudio, please visit www.citystudioglobal.com.
