Nugal-nganjin Garden

Victorian Junior Landcare Grant Winners!

Sunshine Heights Primary School is one of 123 schools and youth organisations to receive a 2023 Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grant.

Delivered through Landcare Australia’s Junior Landcare program, and funded by the Victorian Government, the grants provide young people the opportunity to engage in outdoor, hands-on biodiversity focused projects or learning activities that provide both environmental and educational outcomes. 

The Victorian Government and Landcare Australia are delighted to offer Sunshine Heights Primary School a grant for $3,850.00 exc. GST, for our ‘gARden - planting the seeds of biodiversity through Augmented Reality to the community.’ project.

It is our intention to create an interactive experience that is both engaging and educational in the Nugal-nganjin Garden. Through augmented reality, we will provide an immersive journey into the wonders of our garden. Audio commentary will provide valuable insights into the importance of our flora and fauna habitats.

This is our first step in linking our new STEM program to the garden and we look forward to seeing this project unfold.

Last Saturday's Working Bee - Spare an Hour

A huge thank you to all our wonderful parents who donated an hour or more to supporting us in the garden. Can you believe that we had another wonderful sunny day to weed and mulch?! We also needed some maintenance on an old acacia tree which needed to be removed after it had partly died and fallen over. The branches from this tree will live on as edging in our garden.

Go Fund Me link

We have now set up a Go Fund Me page to garner more funds for the Nugal-nganjin Community Garden. We will be sharing this link widely in an effort to draw in much needed funds to continue to develop this outdoor learning area. Please share this if you can!

Thank you to all those families who have donated and shared this link.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-community-microforest-in-sunshine-west 

The garden is continuing to have new additions. If you have plants you grow at home that represent your culture we'd love to add them to the garden. Chat to David or Aasta to arrange this!