The Crown Street Kitchen Garden Program is run every Thursday morning from 9am - 11am.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Can you lend a hand?  Each Thursday morning from 9am - 11am, we require volunteers to work with the students.  The students love participating in the Kitchen Garden program, it's very rewarding to help out and a great way to spend time with your child at school. It's fun and no experience necessary. You'll be guided by the Kitchen/Garden leaders. Please check the roster below for the dates for your class and sign up via the button below. Your teacher will also remind you closer to the time.

Kitchen Garden Keep Cups - School Fundraiser

How it all came about…

In 2008, ‘Slow Food Sydney’ received a $5000 Matching Grant to help establish a school “kitchen garden” at Crown Street Public School.

The school community, including teachers, parents and children, worked together to not only build the kitchen garden, but also learn about food production and healthy eating.  The Matching Grant was used to buy materials and plants to build the school’s garden beds.

Following this success, the group had more ideas.

A dedicated group of parents formed the Edible Garden and applied for a second Matching Grant for $5000 to further develop the project. They proposed building a storage area to house the ever growing garden equipment and also wanted a small amount of funding to help with a community Kitchen Garden launch.

Over two years, this project was awarded $10,000. This has resulted in a haven of colourful flowers, vegetables and herbs. It has also become a great outdoor learning experience for all involved and since it started has attracted financial support from the greater community.

Then in 2013, a further grant was applied for with the City of Sydney Tree Planting Matching Grant. The grant enabled the school community to ‘green the school environment’ which involved regenerating the large terraced portion of school grounds fronting Crown Street in Surry Hills. These areas were regenerated by planting sustainable trees species.  

Thank you to the City of Sydney for making the project possible and offering communities like ours the opportunity to green our environment!

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