At the end of Term 2, our junior school was kindly donated 40 native plants by SERCUL (South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare), with help from our Groundman Mr Dean Wakefield, our kindy kids set out to plant the native tube-stock across our wild play zone.
SERCUL provided these plants to our school as part of the Phosphorus Awareness Project grant it receives from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). As a way to educate the community about the environmental impacts of too many nutrients entering our waterways.
With over 16 species of tube-stock planted, we learnt the different names and types of plants we will watch grow in the coming months and years. We also learnt about the important impact planting native plants has on creating a healthy ecosystem that clears the air, keeps water clean, and maintains healthy soil to name a few. Native plants need less nutrients compaired to most exotic plants that fill our gardens which need fertilisers to survive, these fertilisers run off into our water ways and the rich nutrients cause algal blooms that damage our ecosystem.
Our Kindy kids loved getting their hands dirty, taking turns to plant our new seedlings and getting out in the sun.
