Montville State School
As the Edible School Gardens program is being developed and
constantly improved, it is important that I look back on each
school and evaluate how the program ran in that school and if it
could have been done differently to make it more
successful. Here I talk honestly about all those
things that could have been done differently so that hopefully
you won't make the same mistakes.
I was approached by the groundswoman who knew all about organics
and had been doing gardening with the students but wanted help to
kick start a new permaculture garden and program.
Space was limited and therefore so was the design. Loads of
parents turned up for set up day and being country people they
were enormously resourceful in obtaining goods and improvising -
a fun day.
For the few days I was there over a couple of months I tried to
instil as much information as possible as we planted, made
composts, worm farms and towers and planted food for the
chooks.
Today the groundswoman successfully runs the program with
students and parents.