Welcome to the newsletter segment dedicated to all things garden.

This year’s summer harvest has been bountiful, and the secret is out! Students know where to look for food and have focused their foraging efforts on raspberries and grapes – understandable! They are yet to discover the blushing strawberries behind the compost bays though – a ready reward for faithful composters.

This morning, I assisted students to harvest pears, apples, greengages, and figs in the orchard. The students had never tasted a greengage and to see them experience this sweetness for the first time, was a delight. A big thank you to people like Miss Doran, Mrs Sutton (past principal), Longford Rotary and Mr Roberts (past groundsman) who were instrumental in establishing the orchard. We are so grateful to these visionaries who enabled the garden program to become what it is today.

Last night a transformation happened. The long garden table that had been buried under a layer of sap and grime for the two years was sanded back into glorious golden detail. Please plan your next family picnic here! Thanks to Aidan Fleming and Stewart Cawthen for this work.

We are delighted to have Megan Floris back to lead garden classes on Fridays!

Parent volunteers welcome. Call Cathy (0418208608) or the office for more details about how to get involved.

Cathy Cloudsdale
Garden Co-ordinator