{"id":1970,"date":"2015-01-23T06:25:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T06:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melissadeerson.com\/?page_id=1970"},"modified":"2015-01-24T03:00:12","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T03:00:12","slug":"garden-encouragement-day-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.melissadeerson.com\/?page_id=1970","title":{"rendered":"garden encouragement day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A public event held at Testing Grounds, a patch of ground in the Melbourne CBD which had lain abandoned for the previous 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Participants used &#8216;health food&#8217; items such as acai powder, bee pollen, seaweed, vitamins and beetroot juice, as well as brown paper, calico, fruits, nuts, vegetables, plants and other items to create &#8216;magical talismans&#8217; that were then buried in the ground to encourage\u00a0the garden.<\/p>\n<p>Nasturtium and pea seeds as well as two rosebushes were planted above the talisman burial sites.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style 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