By Cam Lucadou-Wells
Fledgling community gardens have been stalled by Greater Dandenong Council after a “challenging” VCAT ruling and doubts on the future of Chandler Road Reserve.
Maralinga Community Garden (MCG) had been set to move into its digs at the reserve after securing $20,000 in council grants as a pilot project in Greater Dandenong.
MCG organiser Bryan Hunter said the council appeared to be “back-tracking” after the group had “jumped through all the hoops” for the past two years.
It had got incorporated, public liability insurance and submitting budgets and management plans as requested.
The community desire to garden intensified during Covid lockdown. But frustratingly, the project has “nothing to show for it”.