About us

The foundation for a healthier and happier society

The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation was established by Stephanie Alexander OAM in 2004, in response to the overwhelming interest in and success of the piloting of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program at Collingwood College, Melbourne, from 2001.

Since this time, the Foundation has secured funding to expand the Kitchen Garden Program to other interested schools. We have engaged with schools, governments, philanthropists and passionate individual donors to move the Kitchen Garden Program from a pilot program to an established food education model that has been and continues to be rolled out by schools all across the country.

The role of the Foundation is to provide skills, support and inspiration to schools to assist them in implementing and delivering the Kitchen Garden Program.

Operating with a small, dedicated team across Australia, we are a not-for-profit, charitable organisation that relies on the generosity, shared vision and commitment of schools, volunteers, philanthropic organisations, government, business and individuals.

Our vision

Pleasurable food education is accessible to every Australian primary school via an experience-based kitchen garden program.

Our mission

To work with government and partners to provide the inspiration, information, training and support that ensures the provision of effective, experience-based kitchen garden programs in primary schools across Australia.