Epping Secondary College Newsletter

Urban Harvest 

Urban Harvest – Epping Secondary College Winter Vegetable Garden

 

The Urban Harvest students across year 11 and 12 Vocational Major and VPC, are extremely proud of their efforts, after a successful and bountiful harvest of winter greens.

 

The garden produce was donated to the Greenbrook Community House and its supporting members, as a sincere thank you to the Greenbrook Community House for their continued and valued support of the Urban Harvest program for the past two years.

 

Urban Harvest students collected agapanthus cutting and repotted.
Copper, Malaki & Aaron keeping those garden beds warm for winter with a blanket of pea straw
Malakhi carefully planting out winter greens
Lukas, John & Yasir shovelling the premium veggie mix into the wheelbarrows!
Urban Harvest students collected agapanthus cutting and repotted.
Copper, Malaki & Aaron keeping those garden beds warm for winter with a blanket of pea straw
Malakhi carefully planting out winter greens
Lukas, John & Yasir shovelling the premium veggie mix into the wheelbarrows!

 

For the past eighteen months, the Urban Harvest students gained valuable gardening skills and knowledge by volunteering at the community house, and the students have now been able to apply their expertise and experiences to run their own vegetable plot at the college. 

Raised garden beds were designed by the ESC Urban Harvest & HOL students. This design was inspired using the 'All Abilities Gardening Model' - to ensure the beds and gardening can be accessible to all.
Cooper, Joey, Lukas, John & Lucas - seed propagation & soil preparation
Urban Harvest students practising their seed raising using the Woolworths Discovery Garden seeds.
Raised garden beds were designed by the ESC Urban Harvest & HOL students. This design was inspired using the 'All Abilities Gardening Model' - to ensure the beds and gardening can be accessible to all.
Cooper, Joey, Lukas, John & Lucas - seed propagation & soil preparation
Urban Harvest students practising their seed raising using the Woolworths Discovery Garden seeds.

 

The students will now begin to plant the second winter crop rotation and propagate beneficial flowers such as marigolds, to help keep those winter pests at bay!

Stay tuned for our green ribbon opening in Term 2 where the name of our school garden will be revealed. 

ESC Winter Garden is in!
In 6 weeks we had a thriving winter veggie garden!
The Urban Harvest produce was donated to Greekbrook Community House, it will be enjoyed by citizens in need of fresh garden produce. Rachel Cooper Coordinator - Greenbook Community House
John. Haidar, Cooper, Jesse & Aiden putting those team-work skills into action, to harvest our first winter crop.
ESC Winter Garden is in!
In 6 weeks we had a thriving winter veggie garden!
The Urban Harvest produce was donated to Greekbrook Community House, it will be enjoyed by citizens in need of fresh garden produce. Rachel Cooper Coordinator - Greenbook Community House
John. Haidar, Cooper, Jesse & Aiden putting those team-work skills into action, to harvest our first winter crop.

The Urban Harvest students will be organising a student & teacher survey, to allow the college community to have their say on the official garden name. 

Cooper, Jesse, Aiden, Haidar, John, Ella & Rebeka showcasing the first crop of winter greens.
Cooper, Jesse, Aiden, Haidar, John, Ella & Rebeka showcasing the first crop of winter greens.

For those keen green thumbs out there, click on the attachment to access the planting calendar.

North East Mel Veg Planting Guide.pdf

 

Ms Neri

Urban Harvest Classroom Teacher