The green crusader of home food gardens

Writer: Hedda Mittner

Inspired by the Western Cape Department of Agriculture’s ‘One Home One Garden’ campaign, intrepid gardener Trevor Nkoyi has rolled up his sleeves once again to help his community. With a little help from the Department, from local businesses and his many friends, he has cleared the yard of the shack in Zwelihle where he lives with his father, and is busy turning it into a thriving organic vegetable garden.

‘One Home One Garden’ volunteers David Vantu, Gladstone Cunu, Trevor Nkoyi, George Nyasulu and Clayton Hendricks with the thriving vegetable boxes they built and planted in Trevor’s backyard.

PHOTO: Hedda Mittner

“I want this garden to be a showpiece – an example to the members of my community of what can be done to improve food security for them and their families,” says this humble young man with the green fingers. “The aim is to encourage others, and to train and assist residents to establish their own gardens.”

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