The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program at Powerhouse

• The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation and Powerhouse Parramatta have launched a major partnership to create a food education and sustainability hub for students. 
   

• The program will give up to 10,000 regional NSW and Western Sydney students hands‑on experience in growing, harvesting, preparing and sharing fresh and culturally diverse food each year. 

The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation and Powerhouse Parramatta have announced a landmark partnership, which will be delivered on the museum’s rooftop garden, a dynamic new space for food education, sustainability and community.  

Each year the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program at Powerhouse will provide up to 10,000 regional NSW and Western Sydney primary school students with hands-on learning across agricultural science, cooking, sustainability and wellbeing. 

Delivered through Powerhouse’s Lang Walker Family Academy, the museum’s immersive student learning hub, the initiative will embed the Foundation’s evidence-based, syllabus-focused approach into the museum’s education offering. Students will grow, harvest, prepare and share fresh, affordable and diverse food while building their understanding of environmental responsibility and leadership. 

Founder of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, Stephanie Alexander AO said, “I am absolutely delighted to see the Kitchen Garden Program represented at Powerhouse Parramatta. For more than twenty years, our vision has been to give every child in Australia the confidence, skills and joy that come from growing, harvesting, preparing and sharing fresh food. This partnership allows us to extend that opportunity to thousands more young people each year in Western Sydney, offering a unique learning environment where food, culture, sustainability and creativity come together, helping young people build essential life skills and meaningful connections to the environment and to one another.” 

Powerhouse Chief Executive Lisa Havilah said, “This new partnership with the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation will embed impactful and special experiences for young people across Western Sydney and regional NSW. It will add a new dimension to the Lang Walker Academy and contribute to our community’s understanding of food and its ecologies for many generations to come.” 

    Chef and Powerhouse Associate Kylie Kwong, Kitchen Garden Foundation Founder Stephanie Alexander AO, Parramatta MP Donna Davis,
and Minister for Multiculturalism, Jobs and Tourism, Lands and Property, and Sports, Stephen Kamper, visited the rooftop site last week.

Through this partnership, Powerhouse Parramatta and the Foundation will foster a deeper understanding of food systems, culture and sustainability among the next generation of students in Western Sydney and New South Wales. 

Media contacts 

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation 
Hayley McKee hayleymckee@kitchengardenfoundation.org.au 
Audrey Bourget audrey.bourget@kitchengardenfoundation.org.au
 
Powerhouse 
Michelle Lollo michelle.lollo@powerhouse.com.au 
Erin Finn erin.finn@powerhouse.com.au 

The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation and Powerhouse are partnering to empower young people in Western Sydney and regional NSW with the knowledge and skills to grow, harvest, prepare and share fresh, affordable and culturally diverse food.