EXETER Public School students will soon be able to put their green thumbs to good use.
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The Highlands Garden Society recently donated $3500 to the school to help with a new kitchen garden.
Exeter already has a small school garden which it plans to expand and the old sports shed will be converted into the kitchen.
Highlands Garden Society president Ray Bradley said the society contacted all primary schools in the shire earlier in the year asking for applications for a contribution towards a school kitchen garden.
As part of the application, Exeter's student leaders submitted a video.
Mr Bradley said he knew of other schools in the area that had kitchen gardens.
"We see it as a worthwhile part of children's education to get as many of these kitchen gardens going as we can," he said,
"The children are very very enthusiastic and it's all looking good."
Exeter has also joined the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation program and teacher Amanda Nash said everyone looked forward to having the program up and running at the start of next year.
"We hope the program will further expand to allow our students greater opportunities in living sustainably," she said.
"It is a great way for students to practice cooperation, teamwork and responsibility.
"It also gives our students the chance to discover a lover for healthy eating, cooking and living sustainably."
The kitchen garden has been used to extend the students' knowledge in all areas of learning, measuring ingredients in maths and the temperature of the oven.
In English, students have studied different text types such as recipes and information reports while in science students have been investigating life cycles, seasonal changes and pollination.
"The program aims to introduce healthy, sustainable eating for all people and for us to understand that to eat healthy is not a hard task when you have fresh produce on hand," Ms Nash said.
Students have already started planting and harvesting crops in the garden and have made Caesar salads and roast beetroot dip.
Ms Nash said the school was still seeking sponsors for the program which will start next year.