CHATHAM High School students learnt about the importance of harvesting their natural surroundings during a visit to the Bushland Tukka Community Garden on Friday.
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The students took part in an innovative outreach program and Community Greening workshop run by the Royal Botanical Gardens.
Community Greening is the name of a range of activities and communal garden projects undertaken by the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, and Housing New South Wales.
The students were given tips on taking cuttings, propagating and starting their own compost heap.
They also learnt about native bush tucker species, vegetables and fruit trees.
The students were visited by executive director of Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Kim Ellis, while Brendan Moore from the Community Greening community education group facilitated the workshop.
Project coordinator Michaela Nagel said the Chatham students learnt about a number of aspects of how to be ecologically sound.
"They took cuttings from trees and learnt about the different properties of native plants," she said.
"They planted flowers and trees and did a lot of watering as it was a hot day."
Michaela said hosting the Chatham High School students was the first step of teaching the region's students more about ecological practices.
"Community Greening is continue to host a workshop with schools, and we plan on being a perpetual thing for schools," she said.
"And what we're trying to do eventually is a verge planting which we're on stage 1 at the moment.
"The basis of the project is the establishment of a community service here, as TAFE have come to deliver a hospitality course here on a Monday about taking food from the garden to the plate."
