The Community that plants together ...

For 'Education Week' this year HalindaGreen was host to parents carers and community members visiting and working alongside students to plant vegetables for school programs and plantings.

Cauliflower, Bok Choy, Onions and Spinach were amongst the open day seedlings prepared and tended to on the green. Halinda School thanks all Community members who turned out and contributed to the fun.

A Strawberry in May

Our garden produces treats.

Phillip did great work watering the seedlings in the hothouse and planting broadbeans. His just rewards ? A strawberry in May!

Egg plants are go !

Ms Lalitha cooked up some indian fritters with our garden egg plants. YUM !

Then we had a go for our cooking lesson. Straight from the green to our plates !

Herb Spiral - underway

Mr D suggested a herb spiral, as part of a permaculture design process. Our art teacher Cooksley chose the spot, D 8/9 started the digging and John our G.A. is putting his bricky skills to use. Herb spirals can be loose stones or hay bales even, but a tradie likes a challenge!

Seeds of an Idea - growing up

Our hothouse has not only survived the winds of April,(a bit buckled but still standing), the seeds it housed have thrived in it's warmth.

Rain can't stop us !

It may be raining outside but nothing can stop our learning. The in-school work experience team set out with umbrellas to the dry school hothouse during the downpour. The Green Work team then set about learning some of the most important lessons on the face of the earth, how to plant food ! Nothing anyone does is achieved without food. So today we planted next seasons crops.

We used seed raising mix and seeds and made a start on the winter planting.

Lake Whalan !

....So when the sun comes out we are starting a permacultural wetland drainage system to soak up some of the water for good use !