Nursery
The WCC have developed the native provenance seed collection and nursery business, as it was consistent with the broader Catchment Management plan. There are local and regional markets for the products of our business including the Barrick Mine site at Lake Cowal.
The nursery also offers us an opportunity to bring our community together in strengthening our local culture by being able to plan and construct a Cultural Pathway linking key points of local cultural significance.
Market Gardens
The gardens will be developed following both Aboriginal land management practices in conjunction with current horticultural methods to ensure the site promotes environmentally sustainable best land management principals. The organisation will incorporate its current practice of organic compost processing to assist with soil and nutrient replenishment and to provide the community with a link between their organic "throw away" and the food that is grown. The site will act as a knowledge transfer centre assisting the community to grow traditional health and food plants as well as fresh fruit and vegetables.
The garden will be developed by Wiradjuri members on a 1 acre area and consist of vegetables that are suited to the Condobolin environment as well as traditional herb and food plants selected by the group.
Establishment will be by hand use equipment and guidance will be provided by Elders, local Horticulturalists and various experts in their field.
Plants will be established on a rotational basis to account for soil diseases and to provide a year round source of produce. Compost will be spread on plots to maintain the organic nature required. Members of the public are welcome to view the process at work and improve their knowledge of sustainable land management.
This project provides the Condobolin community with a market garden that is managed and maintained by the local Aboriginal community and provides a link between the community through the produce it creates. The garden will also assist the local Aboriginal community in extending traditional knowledge of growing plants, identify plants, and looking after country. It will also assist with improved personal well-being by allowing community to work in the garden and see the output they create as well as provide local training organisations a place to extend learning to the wider community.
