Introducing new Bible Garden gardener

03 Aug 2021 - by Hazel Francis

We are introducing our new Bible Garden gardener, Badri Rimal.

In turn Badri introduced himself to us as grass loving and tree-hugging, outdoorsy, ‘committed to the Bible Garden and creating a perfect reflection as scripted in the Bible’.

The Centre said a sad good-bye to our previous Gardener, Justin, as he departed with his family to warmer climes and new adventures.

For the interim six months of having no gardener to maintain the garden through two crucial seasons, Summer and Autumn, we were extremely thankful to the volunteers who had found their way to us. They kept the Garden in order until Badri came onboard.

Since being with us Badri has created order with pruning, weeding, mulching, and planting new seedlings and seeds. He has been ensuring the never-ending maintenance of the irrigation system, so that it is readied for the next hot spell. From our perspective we have been impressed with his enthusiasm, motivation and ideas.

Over the coming year there will be an audit completed of all plants in the garden, noting their place, times of flowing or fruiting or if they are still there and replacements planted. There are a couple of plants that are already on order for replacement including the Judas Tree (Cercis siliquastrum). Name plaques moved to make sure that the plants are correctly named and placed.

We look forward to witnessing the evolution and thriving of the Garden. Thank you, Badri.