NEWS
South Australia...
25 years on...
Adelaide's Black Forest primary celebrates 25 years of its school garden
Victoria...
Finding secured for Edible Classrooms planning
Victoria's Cultivating Community has obtained funding to develop a business plan and consultation model to engage with schools in developing 'Edible Classrooms'
School gardening in Queensland
Keep Australia Beautiful media release on school gardens
The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation
There is widespread agreement that the eating habits of Australian children are directly or indirectly leading to serious health problems
ARTICLES
It takes passion
Juneen Shulz reports from South Gippsland... "I wanted to volunteer some of my time towards the school that our two youngest children were attending. I wasn’t interested in the canteen or reading or math — my passion was growing and preparing food. So, with a little courage and lots of enthusiasm I approached the teachers from grades three and four level... "
Report on Edible Classrom conference, Melbourne 2006
Around 250 gathered at Collingwood College for the first ever conference on the use of garden to kitchen programs in education.
RESOURCES
Using school gardens for health promotion
Children’s Health Development Foundation - information on children’s health, health promoting schools, nutrition, physical activity and school canteens. Including Virtually Healthy, a newsletter for schools, Food Matters, a newsletter for childcare providers and parents, professional development information for teachers
Join the gardens in education email group
If you would like to subscribe to the national School Gardens e-mail group – a means of sharing stories and seeking support – School garden email discussion group...
go to http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/school_gardens/ and follow the directions. It’s pretty straight forward from there.
If you have any difficulties with this, feel free to send Brad Shone an
the moderator (Brad) and he will see what he can do.
Stories from school gardens are also needed for the National Community Gardens and City Farms newsletter (Send an
to Russ)
