Program
We know how unique your community is.
That is why we want to offer you the opportunity to curate a program based on your needs,
and not the other way around.
What we offer
Full project management of our Indigenous gardens and education programs.
A curated selection of Indigenous plants grown in your local area, and Elders and First Nations mob that will share their culture and knowledge with you.
Flexibility to adapt our programs to your needs so your community has every opportunity to reconnect to Country in the way that suits them best.
The opportunity to choose one program or many. You can start small and, once you have fallen in love with your project, you can add more programs later.
Full coordination by us of the program and all resources.
Memberships that allow you to continue your cultural program and maintain your garden on an ongoing annual basis.
Grant application guidance.
THE PROGRAMS
Curate one of our programs to meet your needs
INDIGENOUS GARDENS
A space designed specifically for your community and needs
The incorporation of a yarning circle
The opportunity to incorporate nature-based play areas
Indigenous plants that originated from your specific area
Hands-on opportunities to plant your own natives with a guarantee of at least one plant per person
Full project management of the garden creation and planting day
Improve your community’s wellbeing by providing them with physical and mental health benefits
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A Garden that's both ecologically beneficial and harmonious with its local environment, celebrating the plants that are naturally suited to that specific area.
Example of plants native to the Wurundjeri region are:
- Woodland Swamp Daisy (Brachyscome basaltica)
- Pig face (Carpobrotus rossii)
- Wallaby Grass (Rytidosperma geniculatum)
- Silver banksia (Banksia marginata)
- Red Box Gum Tree (Eucalyptus polyanthemos) -
These spaces are created to awaken and stimulates our five senses: sight, smell, touch, taste, and sound through a variety of textures, colours, sounds, and tastes from local plants.
Some examples of local plants that could be added to your sensory garden are:- Cut Leaf Daisy (Brachyscome multifida)
- Purple Coral-pea (Hardenbergia violacea)
- Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra)
- River Mint (Mentha australis)
- Wattle (Acacia spp.) -
A garden that incorporates edible native Australian plants. Some species will also have medicinal and cultural values for Traditional Owners.
Some examples of these local edible species are:
- Warrigal Greens (Tetragonia tetragonoides)
- Midyim Berry (Austromyrtus dulcis)
- Mountain Pepper (Tasmannia lanceolata)
- Lemon Myrtle (Backhousia citriodora)
CULTURAL PROGRAM
A First Nations educational program
Connection with local First Nations mob
Opportunities to learn the local Indigenous language, dance, art, music, storytelling and, for those that have an Indigenous garden, medicinal and ceremonial traditional uses of the plants growing in your garden
Full project management of the cultural program and the educators
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Choose the full package, with sessions running regularly over the course of a year. We will cater the program to meet the needs of your community after reviewing the community’s interaction with the space and the organisation’s desire for the future of the space.
See membership options below if you would like the program to continue yearly.
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For schools, each subject will be linked to the school curriculum, and run over the course of a school term, with the number of sessions depending on the number of grades involved.
You can see where each session fits in with the curriculum here. Sessions will be run one day a week or fortnight over the course of the term.
For community groups, sporting clubs and private organisations, we will cater a program to meet the needs of your community over a few weeks or months. Choose the content of the sessions based on your community’s interest. We will guide you to understand how many session to book based on the number of participants.
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Choose a program based on the content that is of most interest to your community. You can choose one or multiple subjects.
We offer the following sessions run by local Elders and First Nations mob:
Medicinal, ceremonial and other traditional uses of plants
Bush Tucker cooking class
Music and song singing in your local Indigenous language
Language learning
Dance workshop
Art
Truth telling and history of local clan and land
Storytelling
Cultural games and activities
Sustainability and environment
Option to hold the sessions in the garden or around the yarning circle (weather permitting) for those that have an Indigenous garden at their site.
MEMBERSHIPS
Garden maintenance
Replenishment of native plants
Refreshment of Cultural Program
Access to an annual Cultural awareness workshop
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Annual top-up of our services offering:
One workshop
Replenishment of up to 20% new native plants for your garden
One maintenance day
Refreshment of Cultural Program
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Annual top-up of our services offering:
One workshop
Replenishment of up to 25% new native plants for your garden
Two maintenance days
Refreshment of Cultural Program
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Annual top-up of our services offering:
Two workshops
Replenishment of up to 30% new native plants for your garden
Three maintenance days
Refreshment of Cultural Program
