Story Title: Wembley Downs Primary School
Episode: Four
Date: October 25th 2009
Presenter: Geraldine Chia

Our fourth finalist for the Best School Garden competition is Wembley Downs Primary School who has an outstanding kitchen garden, with plenty of variety and an abundance of fresh produce for use in the canteen. The winner of the Best School Garden category will receive a $7500 Hydroponic Express aquaponics system.

Wembley Downs Primary School

• Their colourful veggie patch began as just soil and seeds and three years on, it’s absolutely thriving.  
• The garden has lots of variety; there’s a healthy crop of carrots, easy to grow broad beans, tomatoes that are starting to ripen, a bed of potatoes, and delicious strawberries,
• All of this is organically grown, with the help of a worm farm and regular composting.
• The students have hatched chooks that now provide fresh eggs for the canteen.
• Teachers often plan their cooking classes around the weekly harvest.

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