Climate Change Education Centre Garden
A magnificent educational garden demonstrating best practice approaches to water conservation as well as energy and waste wise behaviours.
Do you want to visit?
We invite visitors to the garden. Let us know:
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How many visitors you will be bringing in your group
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What day/s or date/s you wish to visit
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Your name and contact details
Please note that a small cover charge may apply for a tour and a cuppa. The garden is not able to support large student groups but teachers are welcome to bring small numbers of student representatives such as garden clubs, enviro or school captains.
Email: staff@gould.org.au or call 9532 0909
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The Climate Change Education Centre Garden features
- Miniature house with rain water harvesting and demonstration greywater recycling system
- Mini sports oval demonstrating subterranean drip irrigation and drainage to slab water tanks
- Water efficient hydroponic system
- Creek bed feeding to the wetland/with run off from school roofs
- Water tanks and subterranean dripper irrigation systems feeding garden beds
- A variety of water tanks – slab, sacs, slimline, standard round, in ground and above ground
- Grey Water Recycling demonstration unit
- Solar energy panel
- Small weather station
- Demonstration compost area
- Different types of gardens and plantings
- Solutions for problem areas such as cool, dry, south facing areas
- Nest boxes in trees
- Wetland/biodiversity area
- Lizard lounge
- Small fruit trees
- Seating area for groups and mini stage platform
- Different types of mulch
- Practical and affordable treatments for paths
- Sustainable timbers used for decking
Funding supporters
- Australian Community Water Grants
- Albert George and Nancy Caroline Youngman Trust
- Perpetual Trustees
- Macquarie Bank Foundation.
Acknowledgements
Project concept and design by Gould Group
Thank you to
- Coolabah Landscapes Pty Ltd
- Wells Landscape Design
- Natural Garden Scapes
- Saigon X
- New Water
- HG Turf
- Tiger Turf
- Pizzazz Productions
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- Nylex Water Solutions
- Sharyn Madder
- Solar Charge
- Garden Smart
- South East Water
- Weather Down Under for their generous donation of a WS-2308 Weather Station
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Other services and products provided by:
- Bark King
- Bayside Community Plant Nursery
- Beachside Property Services
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- K & R Lowther Builders
- Phil Harris Landscape Lighting
- Herman Trees
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