Today enthusiastic whanau pitched in to help work on our Edible Gardens. Wheelbarrows, spades and rollers at the ready, young and old managed to finish muching around the beds and stain the fence black. Those with a super steady hand worked on our colourful garden signs too.
A little history:
This project began in 2015 when the senior school students began planning a replacement for our small vege patch, in the Senior Courtyard, that was due to be demolished.
Three years later with lots of research, experiments, fund raising, grants, u-turns, working bees, help from community partners and every child's involvement our Edible Gardens vision is close to completion.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone who came today - your hard work and great attitude had amazing results! The Edible Gardens are going to be a wonderful place to learn for many years to come.
We're now reflecting on our next steps...how to celebrate our achievement... skink suburbs ...bug hotels... honey bees or chickens. The action learning never stops.
Thanks to Mr Trembath for the clever drone footage:
Isn't it just fantastic that we have so much support in our community to make our outdoor learning spaces amazing for our students. Thanks to everyone (young and old) who came along to transform our exterior, ready for us to Go Gold!
ReplyDeleteYes a big thank you to our school community for all your help over the last 3 years to make our Edible Gardens what they are today. The muching around the beds and stain the fence black looks amazing. Can't wait to see our colourful garden signs up too. Sunnyhills shines!
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Sunnyhills green-gold enviroschool!
ReplyDeleteWow! Big change! Sunnyhills had 12 garden beds in 2016, and in 2018, we have 36 garden beds! plus, i love how Sunnyhills added trees for survival, (growing trees) And Eco leaders to take care of our School to help be sustainable, AND they get to go on a trip!
keep up the good work Sunnyhills,
Laura
good job helping us be a green gold school BY:jujhar
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