Garden variety swap meet

Key points

• Rita O’Sullivan started the Wyndham Community Garden Swap after a 2010 trip to Byron Bay, where she saw swapping everywhere. She began by arranging meetings with local gardeners to trade produce, and the group took off after she put up posters.
• The group now meets on the first Sunday of each month at 10am in a Hoppers Crossing park. Members share surplus produce, plants and gardening items, and the gatherings have become a social occasion.
• Attendance reaches about 40 people during warmer months, and the next swap is on Sunday 1 November.