Liverpool West Public School’s Aboriginal garden now open

Ahead of National Sorry Day, Liverpool West Public School officially opened its Aboriginal garden — a place for its students to learn about the culture.

The Aboriginal garden at Liverpool West Public School was officially opened last week. Picture: Robert Pozo

Liverpool West Public School’s indigenous population now has a place to identify with.

The school’s Aboriginal garden was officially opened ahead of last Thursday’s National Sorry Day.

Aboriginal learning support officer at the school, Uncle Brad Bevis, said he’d been planning the space for some time.

“My vision is for the whole school to use it and be able to sit under the shade sail and do outside classes,” he said.

The garden opening put a spotlight on the indigenous culture. Picture: Robert Pozo

Students participate in the garden opening. Picture: Robert Pozo

“I can come down and do different talks on culture and the bush foods.”

The project has taken 12 months to complete over a couple of days a week and includes murals, edible plants, shade sails and a dancing circle.

“If there are every any “out of sorts” indigenous students, they can contact me and we can go down there and reflect on what’s troubling them,” Mr Bevis said.

“It’s very calming down there.

“The whole idea is they can then learn about their culture. We can find out who their mob are and do a bit on what they area.

“Even though I teach my culture, a little bit of culture is better than no culture whatsoever.”