Gardening Group
WPS Gardening Group
Background
Woodend Primary School is lucky enough to have two large vegetable gardens: a kitchen garden at Carlsruhe and the Woodend Community Children’s Garden at the main campus. These gardens are used to teach permaculture gardening, environmental and plant science, heathy eating, sustainability and many other topics. Such programs cannot run without the help of volunteer parents, grandparents and other adults. There are a myriad of mental and physical benefits to both children and adults who utilize the vegie gardens (more about these in the weeks to come).
2020
Thank you to the wonderful folk who watered and weeded our school gardens over the summer holidays. Thanks to you our gardens are lush and ready for teaching. All the seedlings planted in Nov-Dec are thriving and there are many goodies for tasting. See the attached photos for a snapshot of the Woodend Community Children’s Garden, or visit the garden yourself or peer down the hill from the school hall to have a look. If you’d like to help out in our school gardens during 2020, here are the details:
Weekly Gardening Sessions:
Where: Woodend Community Children’s Garden (Buckland St)
When: 12.45-2.00pm Mondays - parent help required to run lunchtime Kid’s Garden Club
2.00-3.30pm Mondays - parent’s gardening group and Senior Unit Environmental Leaders
BYO: Bring your enthusiasm and desire to help (No gardening knowhow required). Working With Children Check required. Please wear sturdy shoes and weather appropriate clothing. Pre-school age children are welcome too
Sign in: Please sign in at the Office before gardening
Contact: Nicole Middleton 0418 233 366 (volunteer parent)
Where: Carlsruhe Kitchen Garden (Pultney St, Carlsruhe)
When: 1.45-3.30pm Thursdays - parent help required to run Thursday gardening activity
BYO: Please wear sturdy shoes and weather appropriate clothing. Working With Children Check required.
Sign in: Please sign in at the CU1 classroom upon arrival
Contact: Ann Ireland (Carlsruhe Unit Coordinator)
If you can’t make it to any of these sessions, you can help out the gardens at anytime. Simply contact Ann or myself for an update on what needs to be done.
Gardening Group Facilitator
Nicole Middleton - 0418 233 366