Susan Parsons: Pialligo plot is Molly Johnson and Tom Reid's great escape

By Susan Parsons
Updated June 7 2015 - 10:13am, first published May 26 2015 - 11:45pm
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Tom Reid, of Braddon, grows great carrots at his garden plot in Pialligo. Photo: Matt Bedford
Tom Reid, of Braddon, grows great carrots at his garden plot in Pialligo. Photo: Matt Bedford
Molly Johnson, of Braddon, loves poaching for dessert the rhubarb grown in her garden at Pialligo. Photo: Matt Bedford
Molly Johnson, of Braddon, loves poaching for dessert the rhubarb grown in her garden at Pialligo. Photo: Matt Bedford

Molly Johnson and Tom Reid were not happy when, two years ago, they moved into a one-bedroom Canberra apartment without space to grow crops. After the mother of a friend told them about her garden plot at Pialligo, they contacted the farmer, Roy Priest, the next day and a Pialligo lot was theirs. A pal, Eddy Collett, gardened with them and other friends, Eliza Hopkins and Nick Daines, took the adjoining plot.

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