Students from Sacred Heart College Kyneton have been up to their elbows in soil, weeds and plants to transform the front garden at Kyneton Community House.
Year 9 students from the school recently had a planting day alongside the onsite horticulturist and volunteers to get natives, pollinators and edibles into the prepared beds.
Kyneton Community House director Claire Rawlinson said they have been working with Sacred Heart for a few years to get the front garden up and running.
“[The students] have diligently come whenever they can and have removed the front garden,” Ms Rawlinson said.
“There were a lot of old roses and a lot of it was diseased so we wanted to replace it with something practical, it’s pollinator friendly and edible.
“There’s a lot of veggies for lunches and lots of flowering plants that attract pollinators.
“The plan is that in the long term it will give us produce for the community lunches… [which also] keeps up the social connection.”
Ms Rawlinson said year 9’s from the school participate in the program and pass the baton onto the next cohort when they move into year 10.
“The young people from Sacred Heart have been working pretty solidly since the start of last year. It’s been really valuable for both us and the students, we really value connection with the local schools.
“They’re done such hard work, and hard labour… [and] they’re going to be the benefactors of the town.”
The Wednesday garden club was also at the community house on the planting day and Ms Rawlinson said it turned in an intergenerational garden day.
Residents are welcome to have a wander through the garden next time they walk past 34 Mollison Street.
Zoe Moffatt
