Goroke P12 College students all have a stake in their long-established Stephanie Alexander Garden program – from planting to writing shopping lists and learning kitchen skills, the garden is well-established in the curriculum.

Education support staff member Flo Burgwin is leading the lessons in the garden and kitchen this school year, and said each class was allocated time for the garden program.

“Grades prep to six have started the herb garden, which we will be able to take into classrooms and cook with,” she said.

“We have a hothouse down the back that we are setting up, so we will be able to grow more things for students to cook with and taste.”

The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden program equips children with the skills to grow, harvest, prepare and share fresh, affordable and culturally diverse food, enabling them to develop positive food, wellbeing and sustainability skills for life.

Ms Burgwin said students – who have just earned their knife licences – had been transferring their new cooking skills to their home kitchens.

“I hear the kids are taking their skills home and showing their parents what they’ve learned,” she said.

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