The Ready, Set, Grow school garden program was started due to the increase in the number of schools interested in starting fruit and vegetable gardens. We now have 28 schools participating in the Ready Set Grow Program on the Northern Beaches which is fully supported by all three councils.28 Northern Beaches schools attended the workshop: 9 early child care centres, 14 primary schools and 5 high schools with a total of 60 teachers, parents, SRC leaders, school garden club committee members attending one of the three workshops held at Kimbriki Eco House and Garden.The general visions for school gardens were: positive learning environment, supplying a link to the canteen, learning about healthy eating and the environment, involving the whole school in the care of the garden, linking in classroom lessons with the garden

The next phase focuses on increasing schools’ capacity to utilise the garden as a learning and teaching tool around nutrition and physical activity, and make more links with the curriculum.