At last Friday’s Global Gardens of Peace fundraising evening, I had the honor of speaking about Gerard and his inspiration and drive for his garden at VASS. I also spoke about the beginnings of VASS as a place built purposefully for ventilated patients-...
You will all be pleased to know that the funds that Gerard has raised over the past 3 or 4 years are all safe and secure in a trust account ready to be passed onto the Global Gardens of Peace team. It will involve a trip out to Warrandyte to get the bank cheque. My...
Behind the scenes, the Global Gardens of Peace team have been working with Yooralla on an MoU, agreeing on how we can all work together to build the Food Forest on the VASS site. Now that discussions have taken place and the teams have reached an agreement, Global...
On Wednesday 8th June, I was the guest speaker at the Rotary Preston branch meeting. Geoff and David had previously been to visit the VASS site and were keen for me to let the members know about the project. I spoke on behalf and about Gerard and his love of gardens...
We will be celebrating Gerard’s life and our time we all had the privilege of spending with him. This informal, family friendly event will be held on the first anniversary of his passing – Saturday October 1st- at around 4 pm. Keep your fingers crossed for...
