Garden Club News

Garden Club farewells Year 8 student, Joanne Ngo & VCE members

In 2017, we welcomed to three new ‘green thumbs’ to the St Albans Secondary College lunchtime garden club– Year 8 students, Vi Le, Joanne Ngo and Tien Pham. Their efforts were most appreciated – weeding, planting, watering, harvesting and mulching the vegetable garden each week. A high degree of congeniality was displayed between the Junior and VCE garden club members – enjoying each other’s company whilst “pottering” around the veggie patch. Congratulations to Joanne Ngo who has received a scholarship next year. We will miss her at the garden club – however, we wish her the very best at her new school (& gardening explorations!)

Stephanie Giao (12) reflection

“Being in the club has taught me a lot, not only about how to garden (obviously) but also about the agricultural industry and environmental issues, courtesy of our lovely teachers. Always imparting new knowledge, if it weren’t for Mr De-Gabriele and Ms Mortimer, I don’t think I would be as compelled as I do, to turn up twice a week. So, if you wish to join the club next year, I encourage you to drop by, to meet the thriving garden, nurturing teachers, and boost the dwindling number of students.”

Year 12 students, Stephanie Giao and Rowena Zhang have been loyal garden club members and we will sincerely miss their enthusiasm and company - we wish them all the best for their future endeavours.

We would also like to sincerely thank the Food Technology department, especially Andrea Coleridge and Max Smith for their enthusiasm for the garden and excitement displayed for the vegetables collected each week.

Mr De-Gabriele & Ms Mortimer

Garden Club Facilitators