WARRIAPENDI Primary School in Balga is looking to continue incorporating its recently-finished veggie garden into the classroom in 2018.
The school received a City of Stirling living green community grant for the garden in November.
The garden features sweet potatoes, herbs, gooseberries, apples, racon, capsicum and a big strawberry wall.
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READ NOWSustainability teacher Barbara Astone said the school planned to add skills learned from the garden into the curriculum, which had a focus on sustainability.
“We hope to continue incorporating it into our literacy and numeracy classes,” she said.
“It gives the kids a chance to learn about rare and normal plants.
“We actually have a few kids in our class that have never eaten strawberries.”
Ms Astone said the canteen often used the fresh produce from the garden.
She said there was a big shift in schools in terms of sustainability where they looked at climate change, renewable energy and recycling.
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