The view of the garden at 19 Strasbourg Road, Rosanna. Tomatoes, corn, zucchini, carrots, parsnips, silverbeet, rhubarb, grapes, celery, herbs and sunflowers are just some of the healthy plants surviving remarkably well in the summer heat of one of Melbourne's driest and hottest summers.

This garden is tended by John and Virgil Cameron and Yukima Payne and by various other visitors and guests who time to time feel compelled to contribute their energy in a therapeutic gardening session.

The garden has appeared in many shapes and forms over the past five years. Initially a grassy weed-infested lawn, the back yard of the Rosanna house has been transformed into a thriving vegetable and flower garden since John and Yukima moved into the house in late 1997.

Since then birds have made their homes in the lush vines of the passion fruit bush and worms have thrived in the garden soil and compost heap, rejuvenating the back yard into a healthy little ecosystem.