Let’s Connect At Silukhanyo Primary School, a food forest is taking shape as a place to grow food, learn from the land and bring the wider community together.
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The food forest is part of a wider regenerative campus vision. The Dandelion Club, the school and community members are developing a space where environmental learning can happen through shared work.
The local campaign invited people to plant the first trees on 29 August 2026. Photographs from the planting day show school and community members working on the site.
The wider ambition is a living learning space that can support food growing, care for the land and practical education over time. Long-term results will become clearer as the forest develops.
The first planting is one part of a larger idea. The Dandelion Club connects food growing with soil, learning and community through a regenerative cycle.
The Dandelion Club’s model starts with organic material from local restaurants and businesses. Food waste becomes an input for the next stage.
Local businesses, communities and growers each have a role in this wider approach.
Bokashi and composting turn organic material into a resource for growing. The Silukhanyo campus plan includes composting alongside food-growing areas.
The campus vision connects soil care with gardens, water infrastructure and biodiversity.
Food forests combine edible trees, shrubs and perennial plants in layers. At Silukhanyo, the first trees were planted with the school and community on 29 August 2026.
The wider campus vision includes growing areas, a pollinator strip and an outdoor classroom.
The Dandelion Club links food growing with practical learning, culture and livelihoods. Knowledge and resources can circulate between gardens, households and local businesses.
The school’s wider vision includes expanded irrigation, a processing kitchen and an outdoor learning space.
The cycle explains an approach. The planting photographs document a beginning; longer-term campus results are still developing.
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Michelle’s August invitation to plant a food forest also offered a way to dedicate a tree in someone’s memory. Historical invitation for the 29 August planting.
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