Well, I am going to try to tell the story how I remember it. I wasn't here in the very beginning when the idea of the vege garden started but I was around when the building of the garden did....
As a centre we encourage healthy lifestyles (healthy bodies, healthy eating, healthy minds and healthy environments). Each week children have a meeting and discuss what they would like to do in the centre. Early 2008 some children discussed wanting to plant seeds.
Following their lead the teachers discussed making a full blown vege garden and with some additional support the possibility of building a raised garden, worm farm, garden tools, cooking tools so we could plant, harvest, cook and recycle and be self sufficient. We got some quotes from landscapers, for worm farms etc and then applied to the Counties Manukau District Health Board for a Nutritional Grant.
On June 20th 2008 we found out that the Counties Manukau District Health Board had approved our application and would subsidize our project and the but we would have to downsize our previously elaborate ideas and find more support.
As a centre we encourage healthy lifestyles (healthy bodies, healthy eating, healthy minds and healthy environments). Each week children have a meeting and discuss what they would like to do in the centre. Early 2008 some children discussed wanting to plant seeds.
Following their lead the teachers discussed making a full blown vege garden and with some additional support the possibility of building a raised garden, worm farm, garden tools, cooking tools so we could plant, harvest, cook and recycle and be self sufficient. We got some quotes from landscapers, for worm farms etc and then applied to the Counties Manukau District Health Board for a Nutritional Grant.
On June 20th 2008 we found out that the Counties Manukau District Health Board had approved our application and would subsidize our project and the but we would have to downsize our previously elaborate ideas and find more support.
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