VIC update

The CHL Community Development Team held a “Festival of Food and Ideas” recently with our residents at School Place in Ferntree Gully.

The event was organised in partnership with Mountain District Learning Centre (MDLC) and with support from our volunteer educator from Melbourne University, Environments and Sustainability.

Enthusiastic residents planted out the veggie boxes in Spring and suggested a roster system for caring for the garden and to reap the benefits at a Sunflower Harvest BBQ in Autumn to coincide with Harmony Week.

The garden is tended by CHL resident Mr. Asho, who recently won Victorian Social Housing Garden

Award for rebuilding the onsite community garden during COVID-19 and for sharing his skills and produce with everyone at the property.

A team of keen resident chefs are now planning cooking lessons combined with iPad IT skill development to create a recipe book with produce from the garden as a resource for the community.