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High prices and concerns about what we are eating is prompting more and more Kiwis to grow their own vegetables.
Interest in the new community garden at Lincoln, near Christchurch, is growing fast as people follow a national trend and switch to growing their own.
"They're becoming more aware of food security, more aware of health and they're certainly aware of the cost," says Cello Robertson, Lincoln Community Gardens.
And cost is exactly why Sue Jones started her first veggie patch.
"We've got a young family. We eat a lot and finding the food bills huge," says Jones.
Seed companies say that growing your own vegetables is becoming quite popular with sale of packets of seeds has increased by 30% to 40% this year alone.
Retailers are also saying that vegetable plants are just about walking out the door.
The main idea behind the community garden is to learn from the experts then take that knowledge home.
"There's a feeling of people wanting to garden. But they don't know where to start so what we're trying to say here is - start," says Cello.
They are expecting this trend will keep on growing.
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