Cabbaga (a garden) at Warners Bay Public

The aim of our project is to build and grow an edible garden with Australian product Vegepod, a safe, contained, portable and accessible raised garden bed. We plan to utilise Vegepod’s schooling program ‘Sprouters’ which includes sustainable food production, introducing Agriculture to our youth, and to support positive environmental, educational and social curriculum outcomes. The children will be involved in the modular construction of Vegepods, preparing healthy soil and compost, growing edible plants by seed, caring for the edible garden including watering, harvesting, sharing, eating and cooking the produce. The children will be involved in critical thinking, teamwork, environmental stewardship, expression of creativity and problem-solving. The expected (environmental and educational) outcomes of the project includes learning about sustainable food production, agriculture water-saving methods such as wicking systems, understanding environmental conditions, the biology of plants, importance of ecology and geography, the importance of native and Indigenous edibles, and overall wellbeing of students through gardening.