Lalor gardeners plot a party

The Lalor Community Garden is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Picture: Damjan Janevski.

The Lalor Community garden will throw open its gates this Saturday for its 10th anniversary.

The Duncan Road garden, started by Plenty Valley Community Health and now run by the garden members, is about both gardening and socialising.

President Steve Allport said the garden had 55 members, with students from Peter Lalor Vocational College and Merriang Special Development School regularly visiting.

Mr Allport said the garden was multicultural, with members coming from many different backgrounds.

“We do a lot of socialising – people like to come down for a cup of coffee or tea, bikkies and a chat,” he said.

The garden will be open from 10am-2pm on Saturday.

Entry is by gold coin donation.