PowerPlants: sustainable gardens in remote communities

• Reach:

  NT

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Not specified

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The PowerPlants program is the initiative of the Alice Springs Desert Park, a centre for education, research and sustainability as well as offering tourist facilities.

PowerPlants are:

• bush medicine and bush tucker gardens
• gardens in remote communities
• gardens with cultural links
• gardens which will last
• gardens which can be the hub for culture and community

The PowerPlants program is for all Aboriginal people, to learn to develop and maintain a bush medicine and bush tucker garden in their community. The program can work in towns and in remote communities.
The PowerPlants program can:

• teach the skills to build and maintain a bush medicine and bush tucker garden
• help a community grow cultural medicine and foods. The community can select the plants they want to grow

In collaboration with the Batchelor Institute, staff at the Alice Springs Desert Park will train people in setting up and maintaining a community garden of 'powerplants'. Those who complete this training will earn points towards a Certificate II in Horticulture.

Contacts

Alice Springs Desert Park
Larapinta Drive
Alice Springs NT 0871
PO Box 1120
Alice Springs NT 0871
Ph: (08) 8951 8788
Fax: (08) 8951 8720
Email: asdp@nt.gov.au

Links

• View information: PowerPlants: sustainable gardens in remote communities (PDF - 1.1 MB)
• View website: Alice Springs Desert Park