A tall light green fence lined the parameter. There was a pond on the right surrounded by a herb garden as you walked in and to the left, rows of rhubarb, onion, carrots, the ever-popular “rocket lettuce” (which we call arugula), and many more plants covered the ground. Two small greenhouses held tomatoes and “French peas.” Beyond those two raised beds made an accessible working area for the disabled and on the opposite side bamboo grew on either side of the path leading to the children’s garden. A small hut made of bamboo housed the pizza oven that they made from clay and straw. More rows of potatoes grew further back and a row of raspberry bushes grew beyond that. Opposite of these lay a massive pile of seaweed, which they brought truckloads of from the nearby beach to use as fertilizer. A small shelter provided protection from the rain in which we enjoyed hot tea, some butter and jam on a scone and freshly made cake. All sitting on a main road in a more residential part of town, it was across from a bus stop that was between the library and a church. This was Ballybane Organic Community Garden.
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