Indigenous and Vegetable Gardens and Food Waste Recycling Project

The College was successful in receiving funding from the Federal Government, via the Local Schools Community Fund, to undertake this project in order to benefit students and the school community. An indigenous garden has been established on L’Hermitage Terrace to provide an educational tool for our Food Technology students. We sourced plants from IndigiGrow at La Perouse, which is a native nursery run by the local indigenous community in the Eastern Suburbs.  

We also allocated part of the funding to set up a vegetable / herb garden on Cerdon Plaza, as a further educational tool and as a source on ingredients for our Canteen. In addition we are installing compost bins to recycle food waste from our Food Technology and Canteen areas and as an avenue of educating our students on sustainability.

The College would like to thank Mr Trent Zimmerman MP – Member for North Sydney, for his support with our funding application.

This article on College life meets The Archbishop’s Charter for Catholic Schools – Charter #2, #6 & #8