Case Studies
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North Dandalup Primary School - 2012 Westpac Education Award Winners
North Dandalup Primary School was nominated for the Westpac Education Award for their extensive integration of environmental education into the school’s curriculum and into the culture of the school and wider community. Over the past 13 years the school has planted ... 
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Albany Community Kindergarten Vegetable Garden Installation
The students at Albany Community kindergarten Vegetable Garden have gained hands on experience and skills related to sustainable land management practices. Through creating a vegetable garden the kindergarten children were introduced to the wide variety of leafy, root and fruiting ...
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Waste reduction – a change of habit
The “Waste reduction – a change of habit” Westpac Junior Landcare student leadership project aimed to minimise waste entering landfill by improving recycling methods and habits, composting food scraps, and growing organic vegetables in the school garden at St Laurence’s ...
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Sustainable St Aidan’s
The St Aidan’s Junior School Earth Angels are very appreciative of the Westpac Junior Landcare grant that they received in 2010. Through careful planning and application, the students were able to utilise this grant money to successfully implement a number ...
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Indigenous Garden
‘It takes a village to raise a garden’ Through this grant, students at Northside Montessori School have transformed a weedy disused area of land into an interactive and productive Indigenous Garden. They have really taken ownership of this project with enthusiasm. ...
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O'Leary's Creek Rehabilitation Project
Gordonvale State School received a Westpac Junior Landcare student sustainability leadership grant in 2010 in order to continue their revegetation work in conjunction with the Mulgrave Landcare group which began in 2009. The 2010 student sustainability leadership grant project revegetated ...
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YOUth LEADing our Biodiversity Adventure
Coolbinia Primary School received a Westpac Junior Landcare grant in 2010 in order to undertake their’ YOUth LEADing our Biodiversity Adventure’ project. In Term 4 student leaders analysed the school’s Eco Footprint and Social Handprint and determined strengths and gaps. ...
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Save the Frogs- Create a frog pond
Cathedral College received a 2010 Westpac Junior Landcare Sustainability Leadership grant in order to undertake their ‘create a frog pond’ project. Students involved in this project were required to research the natural environment required to support a frog population which ...
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Swan View Senior High School
Swan View Senior High School (SVSHS) were the recipients of a Coles Junior Landcare garden grant which enabled them to set up their “Yarning Place” garden by installing nine garden beds with numerous indigenous plants, drip irrigation and mulch. The Yarning ...
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South Halls Head Primary School
South Halls Head Primary School used the funding they received from their successful Coles Junior Landcare Garden Grant to establish four vegetable gardens for their pre-primary students. The school used the funds they received from the grant to purchase four garden ...
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Wolvi Wildlife Garden project
The project provides a ‘hands on’ opportunity to learn about values associated with native plants, especially the creation of habitat and corridors for fauna movement. Students helped to research and create plant tags that identify the common and scientific names ...
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Woodville Gardens B-7
As part of a Coles Junior Landcare 2011 Garden Grant the students at Woodville Gardens B-7 have all taken part in selecting, growing and studying an array of native plants and vegetables for their school gardens. Emphasis was placed on ...
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Wynnum West State Primary School
Wynnum West State Primary school have successfully established an enclosed garden with raised garden beds, with an irrigated system worm farm and compost heap. The plants chosen for the garden are herbs and vegetables . We plan to donate the ...
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West Coast Steiner School
The children participated in gardening sessions with Kylie Garde in which they learned about soil, the texture, the smell, the composition and they also did soil tests in various areas around the school. They got taught about what plants require ...
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Walford Anglican School for Girls
Walford Anglican School for Girls is an inner city school in Adelaide, and has limited green space. The Junior School has had a vegetable garden for several years, but recent building programs have further restricted access to space. This funding ...
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The Scots School Lithgow
The Scots School Lithgow have built a successful vegetable garden with complementary worm farm, tumble composter (pictured below) and 700L steam lined water tank. The schools parents and community citizens have also been very active in helping to install and ...
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The Salvation Army Youth Outreach Service Alternate Education Program
The ‘Veggie Patch’ is a community garden based at our Lawnton site aimed at linking in ‘at-risk’ youth with the wider community. It provides an opportunity for young people to get outdoors and be involved in caring for a fruit ...
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Pennant Hills Public School
As 2010 is the Year of Learning for Sustainability it seemed an ideal time to focus on re-establishing our unused propagation shed and creating an outdoor learning area for the teachers and students at the school. So the Green Thumbs ...
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Mudgeeraba Special School
Raised garden beds planted with a variety of sensory plants such as rosemary, Curry, Lemon Balm, Strawberries and other edible plants have provided overwhelming enthusiasm throughout the school. The amazing smell, touch and tastes of these gardens have not only captured ...
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Moffatdale State School
The "Knowledge Garden" is a place to grow as people - not only to grow plants. It provides students with a 'grounding space' - a place to think and clear your mind. This is also an area that the children can ...
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Findon High
From our Coles Junior Landcare garden grant we have been able to purchase a 4 worm farms, 3 compost bins and install 5 vegetable garden beds. The students have learnt sustainable farming techniques, through the use of organic farming techniques ...
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Dunstan Reserve Kindergarten and Childcare
An unused patch of our yard has been converted into a productive kitchen garden to supply fresh, seasonal produce to our day care centre and kinder. We will utilise our used paper and food scraps for compost and worm food ...
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Churchlands Primary School
The funding from this grant has enabled Churchlands Primary School to continue to integrate our environmental work with the school curriculum. All classes this year entered into the GREAT POTATO GROWING competition. Each class began with 3 seed potatoes, observed them ...
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Boyare Primary School
The children have been engaged in various activities associated with gardening. These have included waste management practices, which involved the setting up of the compost bin, and responsibility for collecting the lunch time scraps, and waste from the vegetable gardens ...
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Blackburn Preschool Centre
The Blackburn Pre-School's "Help our Garden Grow" project aims to promote a positive and hands-on approach to learning and your sponsorship will provide our children and community with a wealth of opportunity to enjoy and nurture our local environment. Blackburn ...
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Binya Public School
All of the students attending Binya Public School are from our local farming community. This is the industry in which their parents work and many of them are likely to work in the future. With this in mind, we would ...
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Bayview State School
The school undertook an organic garden project. This involves students from prep to year 3 being active participants in the construction, maintenance and cultivation of the gardens. The school endeavours to build awareness of the importance of fresh foods and ...
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Avoca Public School
We turned an area of our school yard into a vegetable and herb garden to supply our school canteen and students. Our children have developed a great interest in growing things – and eating them! We held 3 working bees and ...
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Albany Primary School
The establishment of vegetable gardens for use by students and the school community. The production of school vegetable gardens has been able to fulfil the steps in the “Stepping Into The Future- Environmental Plan” which Albany Primary’s School Environmental Management ...
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Nowa Nowa Primary School
Nowa Nowa Primary School, located in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, applied for a Coles Junior Landcare School Garden Grant in 2009 to help fund a vegetable and native plant garden. They used their funding to purchase gardening utensils, ...
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Northcote Primary School
Northcote Primary School in Melbourne, applied for a Coles Junior Landcare School Garden Grant in 2009 to create a sheltered edible garden. They used the funding to purchase raised garden beds, a 5m trellis and drip irrigation. The ‘edible classroom’ ...
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Mundaring Christian College
Mundaring Christian College, located west of Perth, applied for a Coles Junior Landcare School Garden Grant in 2009 to fund a vegetable garden for their pre-primary students. They used their funding to purchase a worm farm, compost bin, recycling bin, ...
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Little River Primary School
Little River Primary School in regional Victoria applied for a Coles Junior Landcare School Garden Grant in 2009 to fund a school vegetable garden. They used their funding to purchase a worm farm, compost bin and raised garden beds. The ...
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Gumnut Children’s Centre
Gumnut Children’s Centre in Milton on the NSW South Coast applied for a Coles Junior Landcare School Garden Grant in 2009 to create a windbreak of native trees and garden beds. They used their funding to purchase raised garden beds, ...
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Garran Primary School
Garran Primary School in Canberra applied for a Coles Junior Landcare School Garden Grant in 2009 to create an on-site vegetable garden. They used their funding to purchase soil and mulch, a worm farm, ‘Aerobin’ compost bin, watering cans, gloves, ...
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Red Hill Primary School
Red Hill Primary School in ACT applied for a Coles Junior Landcare School Garden Grant in Round 3, 2008, to help fund school grounds improvement and plant native vegetation. The project aims to increase native flora and fauna, build students’ knowledge ...
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Peregian Beach Community College (P-12), QLD
Peregian Beach Community College on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast used their School Garden Grant to fund a sustainable permaculture food garden. The school used their $1,100 to purchase wheelbarrows, seeds and seedlings, a worm farm and worms, a garden shed and books ...
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The Silver Tree Steiner School
The Silver Tree Steiner School applied for a Coles Junior Landcare School Garden Grant in Round 2, 2008, to play a part in the funding of their Kitchen Garden Scheme – A large project costing over $15,000. A big part of ...
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Talara Primary College
Talara Primary College on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast applied for a Coles Junior Landcare School Garden Grant in 2009 to help fund a special education vegetable garden. They used the funding to purchase garden beds, a worm farm, gardening equipment, seedlings ...
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St Michael’s Primary School
St Michael’s Primary School in Tallangatta, near Albury in rural NSW, applied for a Coles Junior Landcare School Garden Grant in 2009 to help fund a school vegetable garden. They used their funding to purchase a shade house, worm farm, ...
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St Lawrence's Central School
St Lawrence’s Central School, located near Coonabarabran in rural New South Wales, applied for a Coles Junior Landcare School Garden Grant in 2009 to help fund a native garden. They used their funding to purchase garden beds and sleepers. The establishment ...
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