EAST KENWICK PRIMARY SCHOOLBUSH TUCKER GARDEN

Created by: Julie Scull October 2019

T H E A R E A C H O S E N F O R T H E G A R D E N I S B E S I D E T H E

U N D E R C O V E R A R E A . P R E V I O U S L Y A F A I R Y , H E R B

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A N D S E L D O M U S E D .

N A T A S H A B O W D E N F R O M S E R C U L D E S I G N E D O U R

G A R D E N .T H I S W O U L D I N C O R P O R A T E P L A N T S D O N A T E D A S P A R T

O F T H E I R N R M P R O J E C T .

T H E G A R D E N W A S D E S I G N E D W I T H T H E

N O O N G A R S I X S E A S O N S A S T H E P R I M A R Y F O C U S .

SO THE DESIGN BEGINS…CREATED AND PAINTED BY URBAN INDIGENOUS.

THE YEAR 5 AND 6 STUDENTS FROM ROOMS 5 , 6 AND 8 ASS I STED WITH PA INT ING THE MURAL . ART I ST GRAC IE SPOKE TO THE STUDENTS ON HOW

HER PEOPLE LOOKED AFTER THE LAND AND HARVESTED ACCORDING TO THE S IX SEASONS .

THE SYMBOLS AT E ITHER END OF THE SEASONS RA INBOW DEP ICT PEOPLE YARN IN G ABOUT THE 6 SEASON S AN D THE EARTH .

TAKING SHAPE…

PRE-PRIMARY AND YR 1 FROM RM 14 PAID A VISIT. THEY LOVED MEETING GRACIE AND

WATCHING THE MURAL UNFOLD.

YEAR 4’S FROM RMS 9 & 10 PAINTED THE STEPPING STONES FOR THE SNAKE AND TURNED OVER THE SOIL. REMOVING

WEEDS, TREE AND PLANTS ROOTS – THANK HEAVENS FOR THE BREEZE THAT TURNED UP AND SOME YEAR 6 MUSCLE.

READY FOR OUR STEPPING STONES, PLANTS AND MULCH ☺

THE YEAR 5 ’S FROM RM 6 CAME BACK OUT TO LAY THE STEPPING STONES AND BRICKS IN PLACE TO CREATE THE SNAKE DES IGN.

THEY NEEDED TO ENSURE THE STONES FACED THE CORRECT WAY SO THE SEASON COLOUR CREATED A PLANTING AREA.

READY FOR PLANTING…

THE YEAR 2/3 ’S FROM ROOMS 1 ,2 ,3 AND 4 HAD A LESSON REGARDING THE SEASONS

AND PLANTING.

AS THE SNAKE WINDS THE STEPPING STONES FORM SEMI CIRCLES FOR PLANTING. THE PLANTS PLACED IN THESE AREAS FLOWER OR FRUIT DURIN G

THIS SEASON. APART FROM DIGGING IN SOIL SOLVER (A CLAY BASED IMPROVER) THE AREA WAS HEAVILY MULCHED. THE BENEFITS OF WATER

CONSERVATION THROUGH MULCHING WAS DISCUSSED WITH EACH CLASS.

TO G IVE A F INAL POP OF COLOUR THE YR 1 ’ S FROM ROOMS 13 , 1 4 AND 1 5 PA INTED THE POLE BOUNDARY WITH INVALUABLE YR 6 ASS I STANCE .

CROSS MEMBERS WERE PA INTED IN T HE SEASON COLOUR AND NAMED ACCORDIN GLY. THE UPR IGHTS FOR EACH CROSS M EM BER WERE PA IN TED IN

THE COLOURS OF THE SEASON E ITHER S IDE . EG : YELLOW KAMB ARANG HAD RED B IRAK AND P INK D J I LB A UPR IGHTS .

WELCOME TO OUR B ABY BUSH TUCKER GARDEN – NOW TO WATCH IT GROW ☺ONCE IT I S ESTABL ISHED THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THE GARDEN ON

THE STEPP ING STONES .A BROWN WALL I S NOW VIBRANT WITH WELCOMING COLOUR.

EACH CLASS HAS A 6 SEASON INFORMATION A3 POSTER .AN A3 POSTER FOR EACH INDIV IDUAL SEASON IS ON DISPLAY FACING THE GARDEN –

US ING THE WINDOWS OF ROOMS 9 AND 10

THANK YOU!!!!

Our garden would not have been possible without assistance from the following :

PALS - $1,000 grant which covered the garden expenses

SERCUL – who donated a large number of the plants

Natasha Bowden for designing our garden

Bunnings – donation of goods and reduced price on others

Dawsons Forrestfield – Soil Solver price reduction and donation

East Kenwick Primary school paid for the mural created by Urban Indigenous

Staff and students of East Kenwick Primary School who worked incredibly hard, yet had a lot of fun

creating a beautiful additional learning space. Well done!