The Eco Food Garden at HHPS celebrated its fifth birthday on Saturday 13th September with Matt Kean MP attending the event and cutting the cake. The Eco Food Garden team is made up of parents and teachers who volunteer their time and support to help the garden grow. Over the past five years they have installed 8 raised garden beds, planted 20 fruit trees, built seating areas, chicken coop, lamb enclosure, frog pond, bush tucker garden, and an outdoor classroom with built in BBQ and sink facilities. The garden is becoming an ever increasing integral part of our school community.
We aim to have every class involved in planting, harvesting, cooking and eating our produce. The list of meals that have been prepared and shared is quite long and extensive. By July this year, every class had already cooked at least once. We have even harvested three bunches of bananas this year! This was a great opportunity for the school community to celebrate and thank the volunteer parents, especially Rhonda French, who has been instrumental in this project’s vision from the start as well as teachers, principal and local businesses for their support. In 2009 the Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE Outreach program offered a free course held at the school on Permaculture. This is when the dream garden plans were made, and five years on almost all of those original plans have become reality.
Article in The Bush Telegraph
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