General News
19 May, 2025
Vibrant garden art now installed
Horsham Botanical Gardens' art installation has had a recent refresh after Horsham Youth and many young, local volunteers waved their paint brushes and created a new skateboard bench.
The previous bench was installed in 2017 when students from Holy Trinity Lutheran College and Horsham College Mackenzie Creek Campus painted wooden skateboards.
Due to age and wear causing the bench to become unsafe, it was removed from the gardens last year.
In February this year, Horsham Youth called on local artists aged 13 to 25 to assist with painting a new set of metal skateboards, made by CHA Horsham.
Horsham Rural City Council youth services officer Alicia Drew said 14 young people from the community contributed to the updated project.
"It was important for us to honour the skateboard chairs original form and the finished product does that," Ms Drew said.
"The young people worked on their designs over a three-week period and should be very proud of their contributions."
Horsham Rural City Council's youth programs officer Arianna Vettos said, "It was such a fun project to work on and went amazingly.
“The group of young people we had did a fantastic job on their boards and had lots of fun letting their creativity flow while working on them.
"It was the perfect way to pay homage to the original.”
The new bench brings a lively splash of color to the area, the updated metal construction being expected to give the structure a much longer life than its prececessor's.
