I’m taking a guess you didn’t know October was gardening month.

Okay, okay, it’s completely unofficial, but it’s the time of the year when the Cape’s biggest gardens have their open days, showcasing the most divine in landscape design and innovation.

Skin Renewal has their own plan to acknowledge the life that the spring season provides.

Teaming up with Khulisa and Trafalgar High School, Skin Renewal will establish a new vegetable garden in the District 6 area.

Here’s a little more about the overall project:

Through its Streetscapes project, Khulisa finds sustainable systemic solutions to social problems. One proven solution to homelessness and some of its associated problems, including substance abuse, is to provide alternative life choices through meaningful employment that is combined with up skilling and basic life education.

Streetscapes provides employment options, one of which is through the establishment of inner-city vegetable gardens – these gardens are tended to by previously homeless individuals who discover self-worth and dignity in seeing the fruits of their labour and newly acquired skills, and who benefit from the income generated through the sales of organic vegetables to restaurants and residents.

Happening on the 23 October, a 1 000m² garden will be constructed with the aim of improving the lives of 25 families.

Watch SABC’s coverage of the project for more insight:

If you want to be a part of this, you can take up / pledge one of the packages below.

Just contact Anel by calling 082 448 1113, or just pop her an email for more information, and make a change that would make these guys proud.