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The Discovery Garden
The Discovery Garden is a creative, educational component of the Education Precinct that has been created to enhance the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust's (Trust) Education Excursions.
This component comprises a range of various ecological communities, compost bays, recycling bays, table gardens with access to view under-soil, a worm farm and archaeological dig site.
A future expansion of this area will include a large-scale water catchment model.
Possible uses
The Discover Garden will primarily by used by the Trust's Education and Interpretation Rangers to teach children and adults on public and education programs about urban horticulture, sustainable living, plant adaptations, ecological community types, recycling, composting and archaeology.
Features
The Discovery Garden features:
- demonstration bays of six different ecological communities (rainforest, arid, Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub, woodland, vegetable patch and epiphytes) that include cupboard doors below them that can be opened so that soil profiles, plant root systems and plant adaptations can be viewed
- an archaeological dig
- three compost bays (showing the various stages of decomposition)
- a recycling demonstration area
- a worm farm
- eight vegetable gardens in corrugated iron troughs with bamboo arbours
Operating hours
The Learning Centre will be open for clients to use from 8.00 am until 8.00 pm during weekdays and weekends.
During weekdays, priority will be given to school groups and holiday programs between the hours of 8.00 am and 4.00 pm.
Between 4.00 pm (or earlier where possible) and 8.00 pm on weekdays, the Centre will be available to be booked by external clients, sports hirers and community groups.
On weekends, the Centre will be available for booking between 8.00 am and 8.00 pm.
Booking procedures
Booking Application Forms available for download here (PDF, XXkb) or by contacting the Parklands Office on (02) 9339 6699 or info@centennialparklands.com.au.
All bookings need to be received by the Trust at least one month in advance, and booking is not confirmed until deposit and all relevant charges have been paid.
Further information
If you would like to know more, please contact the Parklands Office on (02) 9339 6699 or info@centennialparklands.com.au
