Plans for the gardens have been finalised and now all that is needed according to IBC secretary Margaret Mansfield is community input.

"It's going to be a community park and we want all different groups involved," Mrs Mansfield said.

"We've designed the garden and now we want people to come in and do their little bit," she said.

"We just haven't got anywhere kids can roll on the grass, or families can sit down and have a picnic."

The IBC is asking for donations of farm manure, mulch, straw or damaged bales of feed for mulching, a load of rock for edging paths and garden beds, sandstone or ironstone, coloured or streaky potch, black potch, and very low grade opal such as mauves and blues for the mural.

The committee is planning family days where people can come down and help with the building, planting and weeding of the gardens.

There will also be a family participation day where people can come down and put a rock in one of the entrance pillars to the gardens.

"What I see for family days is perhaps one or more groups providing the food, farmers coming with trucks with manure and people coming with rakes to spread it out.

"There will be another day for planting and another day to build the mural."

The central feature of the garden will be a mural.

"The IBC is asking for people to submit designs based on the opal and mining industry.

The mural will be made from potch and low-grade coloured opal.

Mrs Mansfield said everyone could help do something for the garden, from donating plants to helping pick out coloured potch for the mural.

In the future the committee is also planning on building a rotunda so the gardens can be a place for weddings and perhaps an outdoor stage for drama groups.

The IBC would also like people familiar with installing auto watering systems to come down and help set it up.