Food Production, Harvesting, Storage; The Lottery, Food + People Transport, Meal Preparation; Event Location, Consumption, Waste

te + Recycling. Lottery These environmental sessions will occur four times a year, each of these sessions will allow for only 12 people to be able to participate in the event. Hence, through out the year there will be a total of 48 people who will have the chance to be part the event. In order to keep the event fair, we have decided that after a participant has been part of one event they will not be able to participate in any other events that year. This also helps increase the chance of other individuals being selected as a participant. Each possible participant will be given be assigned a number with their name, they then will be randomly drawn out by a computer program, each time a person is drawn out there name is then removed from further draws. The participants will then to be notified by phone and a letter. Other possible participants who have never been selected will be given a brochure which will out line the event, and what the garden is producing. Food Production The crops which we plan it grow in our fields are separated by the types of food they produce, and the different seasons in which they ripen. For instance, our group will have a fruit tree area, which there will be apples, cherries, olives, lemons, peaches etc. Our plantation area will contain; strawberries, tomatoes, We will also have a small live stock section which will contain a chicken, which will produce eggs. Food Harvesting Trained harvesting staff from the garden will pick ripe items, and move them into storage areas through trolleys. Food will be harvested twice a week in peak periods, through out the year, we anticipate that we will have a smaller team approximately a third of the size of the harvesting team to maintain the garden. Some exercises may also include maintaining passage ways to the garden and ensuring that it is healthy. People transport Currently Cranbourne has bus services, taxis and train services running through it. However from the train station there is no public transport other than expensive and inefficient taxi services which run to the Cranbourne Gardens. Our group proposes to temporarily, when ever these events are held to run a shuttle bus from a central station, such as Richmond which is close to the city but not close enough to be affected by city congestion. The shuttle will then drop participants off to the site in Cranbourne. On return, the shuttle will drop passengers off to two separate locations one to Cranbourne train station, and then return to the original departing train station.

Waste

Waste will be minimised through the use of reusable and recyclable products. We will also include a compost area in our garden so that all food consumed can be brought back to the environment. This also will demonstrate our commitment into showing that a sustainable, renewable and environmentally friendly garden is very much possible in Victoria. Recycling All products used in the site that cannot be deposited in our compost areas, will be recyclable, made from renewable and 100% recyclable paper and/or plastic. Storage Food will be stored in a cool room, and food storage shed. This is to ensure that Cool rooms are a central and common practice used in farms all over Australia, and our group will try and replicate the process as much as possible by integrating a scaled down version of one in our site. However, we will look to invest into renewable ways of producing energy for the refrigeration equipment. Such as wind power and or solar power. Location The event will take place is in the south area of the site on grass land. All food growing and food production will also occur as much as space allows on grass land, this is to minimise the effects on surrounding existing tree based built up areas. The site also allows wheel chair access, and is not to far from the central Australian garden entry, the site is also located far enough that it can be considered remote, and will not affect the surrounding environments views, nor its natural feel. The southern end of the garden in the Royal Cranbourne Gardens, during wet periods is considered a water drainage area. This area fills and remains wet the most through out the site. This was also a consideration when selecting the site, as drought plays a key role in Australian Gardens. Water As mentioned earlier the site is located in a key water drainage area of the site and on a slight decline, this will allow water build up which can be later collected through rain water tanks. We propose to include these water tanks near the food storage areas, and use a simple irrigation system to distribute water during dry periods. This will keep the garden showing an example of sustainable and successful food production.