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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.  ...

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 ...

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 ...