S1E2 - How can a verge become the spark that connects people, nature, and councils?

Regenerative Streets Podcast

When a Verge Sparks Connection

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Aired: 1 December 2025

Guest: Gayle Dallaston (Shady Lanes Project)

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S1E2 - When a Verge Sparks Connection, Regenerative Streets Podcast © 2025 by Wayfinder Labs is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

In this episode of the Regenerative Streets Podcast, Laura Aston speaks with Gayle Dallaston about how verge gardening can transform streets into civic ecosystems. Gayle shares practical steps for starting small, building trust, and leveraging stories to scale impact. Her message? Change begins with simple, visible acts such as planting a verge garden, telling your story, and collaborating with councils.

🌱 What You Can Do:

• Share your verge story online or with neighbours.

• Plant native species on your verge following council guidelines.

• Support council street trees with native verge gardens.

• Invite neighbours to help with planting or host a monthly verge visit.

These actions turn everyday spaces into shared commons where nature thrives and communities flourish.

🌐 Explore More:

• The Shady Lanes Project — connecting people and place to create cooler, greener, more sustainable cities

• The Shady Lanes Project | Gayle Dallaston | Substack

• Council verge policies: https://shadylanes.com.au/councils-and-policies/

📚 Buy Gayle’s book here and start gardening on your verge!

Wayfinder Labs weekly newsletter suubscribers can also purchase the book using a VIP promo code.

💬 Join the conversation: Come along to the virtual book talk with Gayle to on 28 January

🎧 Read the full transcript

Music: Carefree, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License