About the Banksia Awards
The Food Forest is a finalist in the 'Education Award - for outstanding achievement in the development and delivery of educational programs, that contribute to the protection, enhancement and sustainability of the Australian environment'
The Food Forest has been recognised as 'a
learning centre, home and farm demonstrating the practicalities of living
sustainably. Building an environmentally responsible home,
recycling its waste, capturing rain water and renewable energy, growing
and transforming organic food and caring for the environment are things
we all need to do. The Food Forest shows Australians how they can do them
through a unique education and public access program based on an urban
farm. It has been a beacon of truly sustainable development
for 20 years, showing how passion for the environment can be married with
viable business aims and education concepts'.