Warragul Regional College officially launched a special 'Indigenous Garden' as part of its NAIDOC celebrations.
The initiative was driven by the school's Indigenous students with help by Indigenous youth support staff member Hollie Johnson.
Planning and designing the garden was undertaken by students, who planned out the process that would be undertaken to make the garden come to fruition.
The project was made possible thanks to funding from the Victorian Government's National Landcare Program and was a part of Landcare's Learning with Landcare program that has seen numerous other gardens installed at local schools.
After the garden bed was built, the school was visited by Peppermint Ridge Farm's Julie Weatherhead and Anthony Hooper who, along with students and volunteers from Landcare and Warragul Rotary Club, planted almost 100 native bush food plants.
Julie and Anthony taught students about the plants, how to care for them, how they can be used in cooking and also used in Indigenous medicine.
The garden's unveiling was a culmination and celebration of the hard work from students, the school and the various community organisations contributed to it.
"The amazing work that has already been done shows that the garden's success will then be carried on for many years as a space for gathering, for learning and for nourishment, and with a sense of pride from both the Indigenous students, their peers and the school," Hollie said.