Fertile Beginnings

July holidays have given us a good chance to go for a trip to the horse stables of Hawkesbury to load up with well composted manure. It was cool and foggy when we got there, it rained on us too ! But the horses were out on the track already and they had left us plenty of nuggets of wisdom to shovel. Thanks to Ms Singleton's son for the supplies. Thanks to Mr Clarke for use of his 4WD and trailer and his time. This big haul of fertility will kickstart our garden plot terrifically !

Tanks to Green Vouchers !

Over the last week we have been continuing to prepare the design base for our Halinda Green. Part of that planning is starting with the basics, water.

The Green Voucher Scheme for Schools is a fund for practical initiatives to help provide for more sustainable learning environments. This week Halinda Green has confirmed its eligibility for Tanks in the future. National Solars directs monies through the NSW DET to schools.

This happy news means we can take the next planning and design step to water harvest, which is the basis of future harvests!

Rotary Measuring up to the Task !

Thanks to the team at Rotary who have come out to measure up the space and help us move on the next step. We are moved by people willing to put up their hand for our project.

Garden Gets the Go !

Big Thanks to the Asset Management Directorate who have taken a look at the proposals on this website and responded positively to our plans.

We thank them for their support and appreciate the use of valuable space for our community garden and outdoor classroom. We appreciate that this is no small gesture. All here at the newly sanctioned Halinda Green site are determined to utilise this project to make a productive garden that extends the scope of our programs and enhances the use of this asset in multiple ways.

Thanks from all of us here at Halinda Green.

A one day garden bed for special needs kids !

A place to grow.

We have an area next to our school that is flat and safe.
"I can't wait to have a vegie patch !" Says Kate. "A garden will work here well."
" I reckon !" Says Dylan, "And we could work here too."
"All our friends could share." Said Kristine.
"Yeah!" Said Vaenga.
Savanah smiled in the sunshine.
"Can Savanah have a garden too ?" Said Danura.
They pushed their friends on the grass.
"Are we going to have a garden?" Said Danura.

A walk in our imaginary garden

Today we took our wheelie friends for a walk in our imaginary garden. There is not one there really now. But soon we could have one there. With high garden beds for our friends in wheelchairs. So for now we just pretend.