00:02Tucked in the rocky layers of the West Macdonald Ranges, in arid desert country where wild
00:08donkeys roam, kids got down in the dirt to learn and grow.
00:13Really carefully. It's a real privilege to come in and introduce these ideas that then
00:20their elders and their families can latch onto and take it then to that next level of
00:28understanding the growing but then the harvest.
00:32We leave feeling so much joy and we're energised from all of this immediate feedback of excitement
00:42around growing and participating.
00:44Costa, the garden gnome and his sidekick Scrapboy, singing, dancing and teaching their way through
00:50the desert.
00:51We're here in Uchu-Arionga which is nestled in a valley of the West Macdonald Ranges about
00:56two hundred kilometres from Alice Springs and today children have been learning how
00:59to plant Purnu, or trees, for fruit because fresh fruit and vegetables aren't always that
01:04easy to come by in remote communities like this one.
01:07About as vital as it can be, especially out here in the deserts, the more green we can
01:11have, the more oasis we can set up and having that fresh fruit and vegetable, look, the more
01:17self-sufficient the better it is for everybody.
01:19Mulberry, fig and avocado trees planted at the local school and at a house chosen by community.
01:26The community and mainly the kids, they really enjoyed them and they were having fun, doing
01:34their lives and singing and dancing and making good plans for the community.
01:40Hello!
01:42Bye-ya!
01:44Planting Purnu, or trees in Pitinjara, for the future.
01:49Bring in Pitinjara, for pro-
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