The Golden Grove

The Golden Grove We are a children’s community garden in Tuggerah, on the Central Coast Wetlands. Connect. Explore. Grow

We run programs for children aged 12 months to 12 years, their families and educators.

12/11/2025

What a week thus far.
Yoghurt faces.
Sardines.
Baby chicks.
Compost experiments.
Monarch caterpillars named Molly.
And over a hundred books!!!!
Thank you to all the children, families and guides, that make all of this possible.
Note, Ourimbah campus of Newcastle University, their library is relocating to the Gosford campus. The library closes Friday 5pm. Before then, you can borrow forever, any book. Any.

This little baby chick is being held by another little bubba, who is two. The mama that is holding the human bubba and t...
11/11/2025

This little baby chick is being held by another little bubba, who is two. The mama that is holding the human bubba and the chick bubba is also holding two special little bubbas, growing in her belly.
So many bubbas in one picture 💛

I have been reminded many times this month of the importance of creating spaces for children and their families, in part...
10/11/2025

I have been reminded many times this month of the importance of creating spaces for children and their families, in particular the Mamas.
I have cried watching Borboleta tend to the chicks. Stretching her legs from sitting for hours. Desperately eating in 15 minute bursts.
And then when those eggs hatched, she was incredible. Listening to her different clucks to teach the chickens to eat, drink, come back, find her, hide from prey.
Watching the chicks warm in her feathers and wings, peering out. Climbing on her. Jumping on her.
So much love for this opportunity to experience a chicken raise their young.
The chicks will be visiting playgroup this Tuesday and Wednesday. We’d love to see you. 🐥 💛

06/11/2025

It has been a glorious few days in the garden where we have experience the whole butterfly 🦋 / cabbage moth! life cycle on our broccoli plants 🥦.
Today at our Thursday home school garden club, we shared this song, and I’d love to share it with you too. A perfect way to learn the life cycle 🌀
A butterfly, landed on a leaf 🦋 🍃
It laid an egg, then flew away.
Inside the egg, 🥚
Inside the egg,
A caterpillar was born long and hungry 🐛
It wiggled here,
It wiggled there.
And then it ate, crunch crunch.
And then it ate, crunch crunch.
And then it ate and ate and then it fell asleep 💤 shhh
And then it slept.
Shhhhh 🤫
And then it slept.
Shhhhh 🤫
And then it slept, transformed and flew away 🦋!
🦋 🥚 🍃 🐛 🦋
This song is translated from song. 🎵
Cheers Mandy 🌸💛

We are very excited to announce our first Golden Giveaway, this November.Valued at $66.99, the Golden Giveaway prize inc...
04/11/2025

We are very excited to announce our first Golden Giveaway, this November.

Valued at $66.99, the Golden Giveaway prize includes:
💛At hard cover children’s story book, At my family table. Written by
💛A brand new coloured knife
💛A voucher play session at Foodie Nature Play.
Read. Eat. Play!
What you need to do to win this Golden Giveaway is:

1. Make sure you like our page .golden.grove
2. Tag a friend (each additional tag is another entry)
3. Share the giveaway on your stories (and tag us .golden.grove and )
The winner will be drawn Sunday 9th November, 5pm and announced here on IG. If the prize is not claimed by Tuesday 11th November at 5pm, we will redraw..

This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by Instagram nor Kiddi Kutter.

They really already know. We just have to hold space for them to explore.Looking forward to lifting up rocks and peeling...
03/11/2025

They really already know. We just have to hold space for them to explore.
Looking forward to lifting up rocks and peeling back leaves looking for the Grove’s Spring critters this week.
🐞 🕷️ 🐜 🐝 🪱

03/11/2025

Today at home school garden club, we were looking at the power of composting. Looking at it from our greater theme of making a difference, influenced by Dr Jane Goodall.
How can we support the plants and animals as well as inspiring our greater community to compost?
First step…create our own little experiment.
🌸🌿

03/11/2025

Today at home school garden club, we were looking at the power of composting. Looking at it from our greater theme. How we can make a difference?
How can we support the plants and animals as well as inspiring our greater community to compost?
First step…create our own little experiment.
🌸🌿

30/10/2025

Mamas. All species. All cultures. All colours. All religions. All languages. All continents. Raising their young.
Life reminders after a few days observing Borboleta raise her four chicks. 🐣

Yep, you did.Yep, you grew that.You are capable.You can.Raising kids that can.Nurturing them in our little children’s co...
30/10/2025

Yep, you did.
Yep, you grew that.
You are capable.
You can.
Raising kids that can.
Nurturing them in our little children’s community garden .golden.grove where they can. They can try. Retry and retry again. Practice and play. Rinse and repeat. And rinse again because that mud is sticky!
🌸 🌱

I just need to keep this one on the grid.Little people exploring their raspberry ladybird 🐞 snack to the fullest.❤️
29/10/2025

I just need to keep this one on the grid.
Little people exploring their raspberry ladybird 🐞 snack to the fullest.
❤️

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1897 South Tacoma Road
Tuggerah, NSW
2259

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Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm

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