The informal information day helped encourage visitors to get growing with a whole range of practical ideas to utilise whatever limited space they have available.
Biruk Sahle, who is well known among the horticultural community, and set up Hahu Organics, brought along his ‘Backyard Garden’ which he recently displayed at the Garden Show Ireland event in Antrim. He also delivered a presentation explaining how he used recycled and upcycled items to create his wonderful display which utilises space.
Deputy Lord Mayor of ABC Borough, Councillor Kyle Savage who attended the event, said everyone was impressed with Biruk’s presentation and display.
He said: “I want to congratulate Biruk and everyone involved in organising this wonderful event. As a council we are at the forefront of promoting recycling items and food waste and this event really showed what can be achieved in a very small space.”
This was the third event at the new ‘no dig’ beds at Kinnego which were installed earlier this year, using New Leaf Compost created from recycled food and green waste collected from local households and processed by Natural World Products.
Deputy Lord Mayor of ABC Borough, Councillor Kyle Savage who attended the event, said everyone was impressed with Biruk’s presentation and display.
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The Backyard Gardener event at Kinnego.Photo: ABC Borough Council
![Deputy Lord Mayor of ABC Borough, Councillor Kyle Savage meets some of the visitors to the event.](https://www.northernirelandworld.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjczNTM2OTQ3LTA5OGYtNGMzYi05ODk0LWY0MTQyNzM5MmMyMzo5M2QzY2YzNi02N2RmLTQ2MzgtYjVmZS0wMDIyZWRmMzU3ZTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
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Deputy Lord Mayor of ABC Borough, Councillor Kyle Savage meets some of the visitors to the event.Photo: ABC Borough Council
![Deputy Lord Mayor of ABC Borough, Councillor Kyle Savage is pictured with ABC Council staff Dominic Marsden, Caroline Magill and Michael Fonceca and some of the items which have been upcycled into growing containers.](https://www.northernirelandworld.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjUyM2YwZjQyLTljYWYtNDA1ZS1iZDJkLTYyOTQ3OWRjNzYwYjowOTY0OTM5Yy1lMGMwLTQ0MzgtODdiOS0zOWNmNjE3NTk3Y2E=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
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Deputy Lord Mayor of ABC Borough, Councillor Kyle Savage is pictured with ABC Council staff Dominic Marsden, Caroline Magill and Michael Fonceca and some of the items which have been upcycled into growing containers.Photo: ABC Borough Council
![ABC Council staff – Wayne Hylands, Sandra Currie, Dominic Marsden, Caroline Magill and Michael Fonceca – pictured at the Backyard Gardener event.](https://www.northernirelandworld.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjdlNjA2OTlkLTMzNjYtNDQyMC1iY2U4LTAxZDcyNzg1MDUxMzplMGVkYWVhZC04ODg5LTRlMzYtYTk4Yi0wMzVhZDI4ZmZmZWI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
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ABC Council staff – Wayne Hylands, Sandra Currie, Dominic Marsden, Caroline Magill and Michael Fonceca – pictured at the Backyard Gardener event.Photo: ABC Borough Council