Bendigo TAFE Six Season Calendar Garden - Reference Design
Following our sensitive work with other Dja Dja Wurrung projects, 3Acres LA were engaged by Djandak to prepare a concept design for the Djaara six seasons calendar garden as part of the Bendigo TAFE campus redevelopment. Djaara members were keen to document a personal story relating to the six Dja Dja Wurrung seasons, as well as represent the six layers of country in a city campus environment.
Working with Djaara members, 3Acres LA documented and mapped the visions and ideas of the group. This included Ron (Thunda) Kerr’s story of the fishing season, a seasonal map of plants, animals and flowering times, and the layers of country in six concentric circles. From this process, an information pack and reference design were prepared and presented to the Bendigo TAFE project team for delivery.
Described as the jewel of the award-winning Bendigo TAFE redevelopment, the garden was delivered in collaboration with Dja Dja Wurrung by Architectus, Six Degrees Architects and SBLA Studio.
Country: Dja Dja Wurrung Country
Client: Djandak, Dja Dja Wurrung Aboriginal Clans Corporation
Location: Bendigo TAFE, Bendigo
Year: 2022
Type: Public Space
Scope: Concept Design
Team
Three Acres Landscape Architecture (Paul Waddell, Anna Black) Reference Design
Specialist member group (Ron ‘Thunda’ Kerr Jnr, Nikita Charles, Harley Douglas)
Djandak (Sophia Jackson, Steve Jackson)
Bendigo TAFE Public Realm Designers (SBLA Studio, Architectus, Six Degrees) Detailed Design and Implementation
Bendigo Kangan TAFE (Tiel Lillehagen)
Artists (Ron ‘Thunda’ Kerr Jnr, Paul Aburrow & TAFE art cohort)
Kane Nicholson
Djaara Seasons
Layers of Country
Djaara Seasonal Calendar - Flowering Times
Layers of Country - Djaara (People)
