WPS Community Children’s Garden
Veggie Gardens are Woodend Primary
Woodend Primary School is extremely fortunate to have two large vegetable gardens: a kitchen garden at Carlsruhe and the Woodend Community Children’s Garden. These gardens are used to teach environmental and plant science, heathy eating, sustainable gardening and many other topics. Each Monday lunchtime, all students at the Woodend campus are welcome to Garden Club at the Woodend Community Children’s Garden for a lunch time of fun, exercise and learning.
Such programs cannot run without the help of volunteers. There are a myriad of mental and physical benefits to both children and adults who visit veggie gardens. If you would like to help out in either of the veggie gardens, please contact volunteer parent Nicole (details below) or your Grade 4 student’s teacher (Carlsruhe Garden).
2022
Thank you to the wonderful team of volunteers (Liz, Candice, Kellie, Tess, Ailsa, Lou, Cath, Sam, Emilie and Eliza) who watered and cared for the Woodend Community Children’s Garden over the summer holidays. Thanks to you, our corn, carrots, parsnips, tomatoes, potatoes, pumpkins and strawberries are flourishing and we have a berry bonanza! – the perfect treat for the hard working Garden Club students when they return next Monday.
Volunteers needed:
| WPS Children’s Garden Club | |
|---|---|
| Where: | Woodend Community Children’s Garden (Buckland St, Woodend) |
| When: | 12.40-2.00pm Mondays - parent help required to run lunchtime Kid’s Garden Club |
| 2.00-3.30pm Mondays - parent’s gardening group | |
| BYO: | Bring your enthusiasm and desire to join in (No gardening knowhow needed). Please wear sturdy shoes, gardening gloves and weather appropriate clothing. Pre-school age children are welcome too |
| Sign in: | Please sign in at the Office before gardening (Working With Children Check required) |
| Contact: | Nicole Middleton 0418 233 366 |
If you can’t make it to the Monday sessions, you can help out in the garden anytime. Simply contact me to see what needs to be done.
Volunteer Gardening Group Facilitator
Nicole Middleton - 0418 233 366