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Wayn‑Gurr Derrk community gardens

Learn about the edible and ornamental native plants growing in our Mt Helen Campus garden.

Acknowledgement of Country

Federation University Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which our campuses, centres and field stations are located, and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. Federation University Australia also acknowledges the continuing and unceded sovereignty of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nations.
 
Learn more about how we recognise Traditional Owners.

The Traditional Owners of the Ballarat region are the Wadawurrung People. Wayn‑Gurr Derrk, or 'good ground' in Wadawurrung language, is our native community garden at Peter Lalor South on the Mt Helen Campus. Created in partnership with the Aboriginal Education Centre, the garden is a welcoming space for Fedliving residents, students, staff and the wider community.

If you’d like to tour the garden or book the space for an event, email fedliving@federation.edu.au.

Photo of Wayn-Gurr Derrk Community Gardens showing a central campfire circled by log seating. On either side of the campfire are rows of raised planter beds with shades pinned in an arch over the top and native plants growing within them.

The plants we're growing