Square foot gardening is a method of highly intensive food production. Using much denser planting than you might be familiar with, square foot techniques focus on developing multiple layers of productive planting from each area of soil. Graeme Somerset is already using this method at Halinda SSP with great success, as it’s particularly well suited to school gardens. Graeme will share his experience, showing you how to fill your school kitchen with delicious food!
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Graeme Somerset is the Garden Specialist at Halinda SSP (a school for children with special needs) in Western Sydney, and is the Project Coordinator at Andy’s Flat Community Farm. He is a horticulturalist with a wide experience in the industry, and has been involved in establishing many community and school gardens, and volunteer projects, in Australia and overseas.
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Please wear comfortable clothing for kitchen and garden workshops and closed shoes. Bring a hat/wet weather gear/sunscreen as appropriate, a camera, notebook and pen.
Entry to the Bondi PS Kitchen Cottage is on Wellington St, Bondi, about 80 metres past the school entry heading north (i.e. away from the main cross road on Bondi Road). Look for the signs.
Public transport is the best way to get to Bondi PS, with Bondi Road buses connecting with Bondi Junction train station. There is generally very limited parking available in the immediate vicinity of the school.
Square foot gardening, with Graeme Somerset
Square foot gardening is a method of highly intensive food production. Using much denser planting than you might be familiar with, square foot techniques focus on developing multiple layers of productive planting from each area of soil.
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