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.

On the Path

Today some students from Halinda SSP got to try the newly mown path on the proposed area of Halinda Green. It was a new experience for the walkers and riders!

Special School students enjoyed the freedom of a dedicated area where they could ride without crowding footpath users around school. A wide open space for bikes with lots of turns, path choices and some skill building variations was lots of fun.

Mowing in a bike path.

Today we walked a path for a trial bike track. Then our site manager Peter and our G.A. John mowed it in. The bike track will be the edging of our community garden, so it is an important first step for future plans.

The bike track can now be tested by senior students for usability.

Outdoor Classroom Project

Our school is discussing the benefits of a Community garden and getting started on seed raising. At our staff development day we set about discussing all that we wanted from it. We also made a start by beginning box terrainiums (soil and water in a container). Each class will plant the seeds of our garden beginning here. 16 classroom plant propagating terrainiums are underway !




Parents and Community members will be welcome to donate cuttings, seeds and plants for our plot.