Kitchen Garden: The science behind a food forest

By Susan Parsons
October 22 2019 - 12:00am

A kitchen garden in Garran is a place of edible and ornamental interest. Dr Jenean Spencer had a science degree from Sydney University majoring in botany and microbiology but followed the latter for her Masters and PhD in applied epidemiology at the ANU. She was offered a job in the Department of Health and, a single mother by choice, she bought the house with her mother in 2006. She met her husband, Rod Schreiber, after returning to work following maternity leave. Five years ago Spencer was diagnosed with breast cancer after which she developed anxiety so she gave up work.

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