Knox Gardens Primary School is lucky to have expansive grounds, with different natural features throughout the school. Our Bush Park is listed as a Site of Biological Significance with Knox Council and is a habitat for possums, native birds and insects. Our Sensory Garden contains varied native plants, lawns and a dry creek bed for children to play in. Our Vegetable Garden is a productive space and fresh produce is used for cooking, with excess sold to the school community through the office. We are proud that in 2018 we received the Best School Exhibiting Biodiversity award from the Victorian Schools Garden Awards.

We have a team of Environmental Leaders from Year 1-6, who are responsible for monitoring power usage, compost and paper recycling within their classroom. Environmental Leaders promote our initiatives to the wider school community through articles in the newsletter and our school assembly. In 2019, our current initiatives include recycling toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes through TerraCycle, recycling bread tags for wheelchairs and promoting reduction of waste.

During Term 2 and 3, our Garden Club meets three times, completing tasks such as weeding, mulching, planting, pruning and taking care of our large grounds space. Everyone enjoys coming out to Garden Club!