About six weeks ago, during a meeting of the Peterborough Community Garden Network about starting gardens on city-owned land, Sion Hughes decided he would “have a look and see what’s out there” that’s owned privately.

He found an empty lot owned privately by T.J. Cavanagh Appliances and with the owner’s approval plans to turn the space into an organic, pesticide-free community garden.

Standing in the grassy lot on Sunday, located on the east side of Stewart St. just north of Charlotte St., Hughes shared his vision about what could be achieved by “a group of people trying to make something from nothing.”

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From the Peterborough Examiner- April 26, 2010