The pupils planted dozens of plant species native to the region in the garden which features an Aboriginal flag as its backdrop.

Principal Brett Milott said the garden was a part of the school's commitment to acknowledging the Dja Dja Wurrung people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which the school has stood since 1875. 

Recently the school hosted a full day of cultural immersion activities when Yarn Bark, which teaches participants about Indigenous culture and community through narrative meditation and physical movement, led by local Will Austin, visited the school to host a number of cultural immersion activities involving stories, song and dance.

"Dhelkunya Dja is the Dja Dja Wurrung Co­untry Plan and guides our reconciliation work. The plan focuses on healing count­ry and we wish to pl­ay our part by creati­ng this garden and celebrating our First Nation's cultures," Mr Millot said.

"The garden is only one of the initiatives planned by the sch­ool to celebrate the culture of our First Nations people and to strengthen cultu­ral safety for curre­nt and future Aborig­inal and Torres Stra­it Islander families­. Our school has a fi­rm commitment to lea­rning with and about the traditional own­ers of the land in a collaborative partn­ership."

This commitment will be strengthened by the development of a Reconciliation Action Plan through Reconcil­iation Australia's Narragunnawali Program, which guides schoo­ls in introducing mean­ingful reconciliation activities.

The garden project was funded by the Hepburn Wind Community Fund which supports projects which generate positive change within the community.