On August 11th 1997 a small but committed group of parents began digging, planting & mulching. Sugar maples, chestnuts, walnuts, apples, apricots, cherries, flowering crab apples & Japanese maples were among the grove of trees planted. The work has continued with many more trees and plants planted, mulched, staked and nurtured by the kids of Katoomba Public School, long with their teachers, family and friends.

Eugenio Maria De Hostos
Intermediate School 318
Brooklyn, New York

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The possibilities of school Community Gardens are endless. Katoomba Public School has sucessful created windbreaks, shade areas and a food forest. The project has been an invaluble educational tool for kids. They have learnt about sustainability and the importance of caring for people and the earth.

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