A Sensory Garden For The Eaglehawk Community

A wonderful addition to the Eaglehawk community.

Great idea, I hope everything works well.

Great Idea

Absolutely fabulous idea happy to help in any way

Fabulous idea, good luck!

Lovely idea and so many benefits!

This will be a wonderful project for Eaglehawk, building on the already amazing features of such a community driven, proud, innovative and compassionate place!

Great idea .I visit this Church on many occasions along with many others in the community. This is a ideal area for a sensory garden as it would attract the public along with garden lovers to walk through the gardens enjoying the peace and tranquillity

What a wonderful idea for a Sensory Garden in Eaglehawk. The people of "The Burra" would love to be part of this submission. Great for Eaglehawk and the wider City of Greater Bendigo.

Eaglehawk is a close community where many wonderful people from culturally diverse backgrounds, low socioeconomic backgrounds are drawn to its community feel, its warm heart and ability to support each other in good times and challenging times.
Walking around the community we are struck by the friendliness of locals, the dedication of people serving the community e.g medical practitioners, school communities and service clubs as well as local churches.
eEagle hawk Anglican church is right in the Centre of town on a large corner block of land facing the primary school and local business. This concerned community offers support meals, friendship and craft groups, massage for people who cannot access health services because of financial disadvantage, counselling and informal community development projects .
one of the projects being considered is hte development of the outside area into a sensory garden. This would particularly enhance the appeal of the environment for people with disabilities including vision, hearing and mobility. Being wheel chair accessible with plant of seating in a restful atmosphere this garden would be a place of refuge and peace offered freely to residents of Eaglehawk and visitors alike. Local focus groups would be consulted including aboriginal and Torres strait islanders, ethnic communities particularly those relating to the history of gold mining eg Chinese community , welsh groups . where possible local volunteers would be used in the plantings and maintenance of the garden once the landscape architect has drawn up. Thus becoming a community hub for people of all abilities and cultures to express themselves and be nurtured spiritually.

A great project which will benefit the whole community!

A worthy project to beautify a significant Eaglehawk landmark for all ages and groups of people to enjoy and find some pleasure in nature.

Great idea!

Will be great for all the Eaglehawk community.

Great for the environment, great for building healthy communities, great for young, old and everyone inbetween, mind, body & spirit! Go team!

Go Eaglehawk!!!! what else do you need to say.

This is a terrific idea and can involve the whole community, but will also draw others into the Eaglehawk area as well. Will be a space to provide enjoyment and reflection.

This is my pick because it is in the heart of my community, it will be open to my community and it will be a place of refuge in the busyness of a day or a week.

This Garden would inspire and enhance Eagle Hawk with the tranquility the area needs .The business area of eagle Hawk would benifit bringing many people into the area to enjoy the magnificent gardens.. what a unique and great adventure this would bring to Eaglehawk for all to enjoy from young to old and families..

What a wonderful way to welcome all people into the Eaglehawk community on this prominent location with a beautiful accessible sensory garden for this major landmark and historical church.

This would be a great project for eaglehawk and community to connect families

This will be great for the community

I believe that this project is very much needed not only to beautify this landmark Church, but also for the community to enjoy. I, along with others would be proud to invite and bring our City visitors to this area to relax in peaceful surrounds.