Our garden is an educational resource for our community

• Bush foods. Local species and traditional uses. 

• Herb garden.  Smell, taste and feel the range of plants.

• 450-litre worm farm.  Learn, feel and see these fantastic recyclers.

• Hothouse.  Walk in and feel the air that helps our seeds grow.

• Chooks.  Get close, make friends.

• Pollinators. Importance for our ecosystem.

• Soil building. Compost, worm farms, biochar.

• Discuss your needs with us and we can adapt to your education goals.
   

Gardening

Almost any aspect of gardening you can imagine, from coming for a look to long-term growing on-site. Get ideas for school gardens, home gardens, any gardens - and advice from experts in successful cultivation.

• Garden layout and hard design.

• Plant positioning for sun.

• Soil composition and amendment, soil testing.

• Flat garden beds, raised beds and terracing.

• Composting and using composted products, animal manures, green manures, mulches.

• Worm farms & composting toilets.

• Companion planting. Pest control and better crops.

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Sustainability

Habitat restoration and land management, the water cycle, reducing, reusing, recycling.​

Outdoor play for young children

Mud kitchens, children’s garden, chooks, craft.

Science

Endless opportunities in a site that varies from highly managed gardens following organic principles to the feral wilderness of wide property margins.

Art

From photography, to collage, to drawing to... wherever your imagination leads you.

Geography

Close access to the old quarry wall, linking the quarry to the use of local products in building.
Overlooking one of Warrnambool’s largest drained swamps (the racecourse area).

History

Our site incorporates important sites for First Nations history and local 19th/20th century industrial history.

Food technology

Vegetables & fruits, herbs, bush foods, backyard food production,