Engaging With Place

What is happening at the farm?

2025 promises to be an exceptional year, with even more families contributing their ideas and becoming actively involved in our farm. Each week, we will aim to share opportunities for you to build relationships, develop skills and learn together. In these sessions, you will have the chance to make meaningful contributions, no matter how small, to the ongoing work of nurturing and maintaining the farm.

Upcoming dates to remember:

20/2 Mini Working Bee: 3.30pm - 4pm

Weeding, Planting, Hanging Blackboards, Fixing garden walls

27/2 Welcome Picnic: 4.15pm - 5.30pm

Welcome to Country & signing our St John’s Community Treaty

28/2 Farm Volunteer Day: 8.30am – 3.30pm

Planting, Weeding, Composting, Fixing the garden bed walls, pruning

28/2 St John’s Community Farm 3.30pm - 4pm

~Produce swap BYO produce to swap/share with others

~The Big Food Waste Warrior Weigh In

Do you have food waste and no compost at home?

BYO food waste to contribute to our school compost.

There will be a trophy for the household with the most food waste.

Please contact the Engaging With Place Educator Mish (mdaly@sjfootscray.catholic.edu.au) with all of your great ideas for how we can learn and grow together.