Ballarat Botanical Gardens Foundation Funds Apprenticeship
Ballarat Botanical Gardens is not just a place of beauty and serenity, preserving the significance of Ballarat’s garden heritage. It is also the perfect setting for a horticultural classroom.
Ballarat Botanical Gardens Foundation were delighted to play a part, along with BGT Jobs & Training Ballarat, in enabling the City of Ballarat’s Parks and Gardens apprentices to enhance their studies by participating in on-the-job training at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.
Ballarat Times News Group Journalist, Edwina Williams, wrote: “City of Ballarat’s horticultural apprentices spend time in the Gardens, the nursery, with the tree and sports crews, and on Sturt and Victoria streets.
Curator parks and nursery, Peter Marquand is proud to be nurturing the “horticulturalists of the future.”
“Educating these young men and women is part of his team’s succession planning, encouraging the apprentices to apply for roles with the City of Ballarat once fully qualified. “Most of them will go through an employment process and gain work with council after their apprenticeship,” he said.”
Major Donation News
Much-loved Prime Ministers Avenue gets a boost
Image: The Prime Ministers avenue in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens
A generous donation will support the creation of the next four Prime Minister busts to grace this highly valued community asset. Lined with these bronze cast sculptures, the Prime Ministers Avenue is of national and historical significance and attracts interest by visitors from around the world.
This is a wonderful example of a local resident who wanted to share their love of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens in a way that everyone can enjoy into perpetuity. The Foundation is proud to have facilitated this donation and sincerely thanks the donor – who wishes not to be named – for their gift.
Operating independently of Council and the City of Ballarat, the Foundation provides the mechanism for community members to directly and personally contribute to supporting the Gardens for future generations. Donations of any size are gratefully received and all contributions are tax deductible. Please contact the Foundation for a confidential conversation.
Restoration works for treasured statues
Image: The Statue of Hercules in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens
Image credit: City of Ballarat website
Detailed restoration works on the statue of Hercules are underway thanks to a recent donation. This gift will enable the restoration of the entire Stoddart Collection which also features the statues of Hebe, Autumn and Bacchante.
The Ballarat Botanical Gardens Foundation is proud to have facilitated this donation and sincerely thanks the donor – who wishes not to be named – for this community legacy that will stand the test of time.
Operating independently of Council and the City of Ballarat, the Foundation provides the mechanism for community members to directly and personally contribute to supporting the Gardens for future generations. Donations of any size are gratefully received and all contributions are tax deductible. Please contact the Foundation for a confidential conversation.