VCE VM Students Create a New Garden at Melton Campus

The VCE VM cohort have been busy applying the skills they learned in their VET program to redesigning the exterior space around the Gadal Building with the help of the 2025 VCE VM Dux, Sione Fonua.

During this term, a group of Year 11 students has been busy digging, carting soil and planting to create a native garden behind the building. With the addition of a beautiful mosaic bird bath created by students in 2025, this garden will become an oasis for native birds and wildlife and provide students witha pleasant space to gather.

The Year 12 cohort are also contributing to this space and have upcycled pellet wood and skateboard decks into a variety of tables and seating options and garden beds. With the addition of this furniture, what was once a neglected space will become a space where students can relax and enjoy the hard work of the VCE VM cohort.

And while all this manual labour is happening, we have had a variety of students producing hot and iced coffees and chocolates for staff and students.