A PROJECT to turn an area of Monmouth into a community garden continues to grow, two years after it started.

Organised by the Food Group of Transition Monmouth and led by Diane Brooker the Incredible Edible Garden sits across from Monmouth’s bus station and is filled with a flora fit for the table.

Mrs Brooker said: “It was totally run down and overgrown so it has been a bit of gorilla gardening to get it like this.

“We have put extra herbs in and we have also put the wood-chip path around the garden.”

Volunteers regularly get together to stop the garden from getting overrun and their work has had positive feedback so far.

Mrs Brooker said: “We have quite a lot of comments about it because it was quite an eyesore originally. Some say this is a lot better, they really enjoy it.

“We have had comments from someone who is partially sighted who enjoyed the a sensory element to it, so if you go through the path you get the scent of the herbs as you go around.”

However, the main attraction of the garden is the plants fit for consumption of which there are a large number.

“We have fennel, rosemary, lots of bunches of chives, sage, a hazelnut tree, Hawthorn trees, asian poppies, lavender, a fig tree and a Bay tree. For such a tiny space there is a lot in it.”

“The idea is that people should enjoy it because it looks attractive and if they do need herbs they can come down and make the most of it.”

Work has not yet finished on the garden with plans for more edible plants and to make the garden more accessible.

“What we would like to do in the long run is have some of the herbs labelled and to have somebody down here say Saturday morning to take people around and show them what there is and what is edible and what isn’t.

“We’d like to keep the path maintained and gradually weed out some of the non-edible stuff.”

For anyone looking for more information about the garden or who is interested in getting involved contact Transition Monmouth at [email protected]