Papakura's Urban Edible planters are great conversation starters, bringing us together as a community, on the street and on-line and making us famous across Auckland City.   

One lady commented on our facebook page that she was so inspired by the planters that she created her own veggie garden.

some people even keep milk bottles filled with water in their cars to water the plants when they are out and about the town.

Hundreds of people have enjoyed making their own wraps, leaving with a sense of pride and a desire to use the wraps more, especially when they learn how bad soft plastics are for the environment. One beeswax wrap will save the use of the equivalent of 75 metres of plastic wrap, also diverting that from landfill. 

People love the opportunity to add their own designs to fabric prior to waxing, personalising their wraps.

The children tell us how great their wraps are for keeping their sandwiches fresh. Many have come back to make more, like the family whose Dad had been using theirs for his lunches.  The children made their own special design for Dad and thought about what he eats for lunch to decide on the size of the wrap. 

During the Covid Lockdown some 30 Volunteers responded to the call to start knitting slippers for kids in the Kootuitui Trust Schools Cluster. Using donated wool, and some of their own, they knitted up  a wonderful variety of slippers. Park Estate students were the first to receive slippers in late June when schools reopened. They enjoyed choosing size and colour to suit, noticed how warm they were, and there was even talk about a Slipper Party. Knitters continue to create more, and there are opportunities for people to learn to knit their own. Well done Papakura!