CAMP MARYSVILLE KITCHEN GARDEN

I worked for the Outdoor Education Group for a number of years creating this kitchen garden. Built from recycled materials and showcasing a variety of gardening methods, the kitchen garden provides the ideal theatre for students to smell, taste and touch fresh local produce before cooking up a delicious snack. ie. Quiche, frittata, scones, mini pizza, muffins.

Though the 'Grow It, Cook It' classes, the kitchen garden was about creating sustainable change:

· learning healthy living skills that will last a life time

· discovering how much fun it is to grow, harvest, prepare and share your own seasonable vegetables

· thinking about how you can create change locally

· knowing where your food comes from and where your waste goes (and questioning the production of this)

The ultimate aim of this activity was to encourage people to feed themselves better, buy locally and question consumerism.