Ngatanwaar to our Garden
A Garden Created by students for Community.
A Living Classroom inspired by coming together.
A garden to shelter students in need of a Safe Place.
We had the honour of having Uncle Brett Clarke come visit our school. He shared information about the Yarning Circle having spiritual and cultural significance. This is happening when sharing stories. Please watch the video to find out more.
Plants and Recipes
Yam Daisy
The yam daisy is a small dandelion-like herb that produces nodding yellow flowers in Spring. An important staple food for Indigenous people in south-eastern Australia. Cultural Use: The radish-like tuber can be eaten raw but was most often cooked in earth-ovens.
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Ruby Saltbush
The Ruby Saltbush is a succulent that dorms small berries that range in colours from yellow, pink to red. They produce a sweet flavour, with hints of salt. This species fruits and flowers year round, producing edible berries about 5-8mm in diameter, ranging in colour from yellow to red. Berries may be eaten raw or soaked in water to make a sweet tea. The leaves are also edible, but as they’re rich in oxalates, they should be cooked before eating, or consumed sparingly.
Learn MoreA place of calm.
A place of learning.
A place of coming together.
Ideas and Outreach
We would not be able to complete this garden without the ongoing support of the community in our region. Our gratitude is boundless and we could not do this without the financial, knowledge-based and physical assistance we have received. Please explore more on this through our page on our Outreach and Assistance page.
Excavation - We worked on finding the best priced quotes in the community, settling on Koroit Excavation services. They came in on the weekend and cleared the land for us.
Pathways - We first found out the measurements of the rocks we were going to put in there, then decided on how they should be structured. We thought about
Plants - It started with learning about native Australian plants and learning what they needed to grow and thrive in the garden.
Signage - We worked with Cassign to establish our signage and write and draft a variety of signs. These included our Acknowledgement of Country, Yarning Circle significance, and a gratitude sign that discussed the people involved in our project.
Yarning Circle - we started as a group of friends wanting to work together, we knew we loved to help people get ideas and bad things out of their mind, this was the easiest way to make a difference in our garden.
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- Hawkesdale VIC, Australia
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