Greg Elmer, Corina from Create, Antoinette Spiteri from Bunnings and Earl Pablo get to work on the garden.
By XAVIER SMERDON
WYNDHAM businesses have rallied together to provide much needed resources so that young disabled residents can learn vital skills.
Create, a not-for-profit group that provides training in life skills for disabled people, was at Basecamp 3030, a Hoppers Crossing respite care facility, last week where they were teaching residents how to build a vegetable garden.
The excited residents were getting their hands dirty while learning about how to plant different vegetables and even a lemon tree.
Create has previously taught people other general living skills like how to cook and do their washing.
One of the residents who benefits from the program, Greg Elmer, said he loved coming along to learn something new that he could use in the real world.
“It’s fun and we do a lot of hard work,” Greg said.
“I’ve made lots of friends and they’ve taught me how to have fun.”
Jayne Simms from Create said the kind of session they were running last week would not have been possible without the support of local businesses.
“These are programs that Create runs all the time because they are necessary,” Ms Simms said.
“What these businesses have donated is quite substantial and we wouldn’’t be able to run these kinds of projects without them.”
Bunnings in Hoppers Crossing donated all the tools and the garden bed while The Yard Garden Supplies and Nursery in Hoppers Crossing donated the dirt.
Antoinette Spiteri from Bunnings was also on hand to show the students exactly how to get their garden up and running.
