Teaching kids how to cook and grow healthy food is the aim of a new partnership program at Taylors Hill.
The Taylors Hill community garden and cooking program is teaching children aged 8 to 12 to grow fruit and vegies and prepare meals with them.
The children who work in the E-HOW (Edible Harvest Out West) community garden are linked with the Taylors Hill Neighbourhood House’s Cooking 4 Kids program and are learning from a dietitian.
Melton mayor Sophie Ramsey says the community garden program is a great way to educate everyone about the benefits of healthy eating.
“This partnership program gives young ones the chance to try new varieties of fresh food and encourages them to try foods they might not normally have at home,” Cr Ramsey said.
“Children are taught to touch, smell and taste new fruits and vegetables and share their food experiences in their home.”
At the end of the eight-week program children take home seeds, plants and worms to continue gardening and maintain a worm farm for their gardens at home.
The program runs from the Taylors Hill Youth and Community Centre, 121 Calder Park Drive.
Find out more
Visit melton.vic.gov.au/neighbourhoodhouses or phone 9747 5424.
