About Us
The
Growing Abilities projects will
duplicate the activities undertaken at
Welby Garden Centre to
provide supported employment opportunities and choices to individuals with
disabilities in other areas.
The first Growing Abilities Project is located in
Goulburn.
The
Goulburn Mulwaree Council,
in support of the project has leased land to the association for the
establishment of:-
·
A Botanical
Garden
specialising in native plants, indigenous to the local area.
·
A
Supported
Employment Service
providing vocational training and employment for people with disabilities.
The
two
components are bound together by
Challenge Southern Highlands,
which will use the expertise and knowledge gained over the past twenty years
of operation of a supported employment service and a successful
retail/wholesale nursery to make the Growing Abilities project a success.
This
service is being established with the support of the community and council
of the Goulburn Mulwaree area. Its purpose is to provide people with
disabilities the ability to choose the type of supported employment that
they wish to undertake.
The
service will specialise in the propagation of native and indigenous plants
for wholesale sale to landcare groups and other nurseries.
The
Growing Abilities Project will be dependent on the support of the community
of Goulburn.
