Garden 'revolution' sweeps through suburbs

[caption id="attachment_38055" align="alignright" width="405"] TRADITION LIVES ON: Livinstone Nzuzo, 81, remembers helping his dad grow vegetables during his childhood when he tends his own garden in Zwide. Picture: FREDLIN ADRIAAN[/caption]

GROWING vegetables at home to beat increased food prices is taking the city by storm.

Rows of cabbages, beetroot, onions, tomatoes and even fancier vegetables like brinjals in the garden are becoming more and more popular in Port Elizabeth townships as residents seek ways to sustain their living in trying times.

Members of the Ikhala Trust, a non-profit organisation that provides seedlings for free to households and communities who grow their own gardens, says a gardening revolution is well under way.

Ikhala founder Bernie Dolley said the seedling project aimed to promote eating from your garden, focusing on grassroots communities.

"At first we struggled to buy enough seedlings for all the people we wanted to help," Dolley said. - Alvené du Plessis