Getting stuck in: Students were busy learning about the different plants and their role in promoting biodiversity.
Seymour College students have been busy developing their green thumbs over the past few weeks, with tree-planting events in both the junior and secondary schools.
Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grant Program
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On Thursday, August 3 more than 60 students, staff and local Landcare members set up a Landcare pollinator garden.
Year 7 to 10 students and inclusive education students helped with fencing, planting and mulching of the garden.
Many students had previously never had the opportunity to participate in planting, and the impact on the students involved was positive.
There was also the opportunity to learn about the role of pollinators in the garden.
The planting improves biodiversity on the school grounds and provided a sense of accomplishment for all involved.
Happily putting in plant after plant, some students did not want to leave.
Putting down roots: One of the plants included in the garden was this banksia marginata.
Koorie Planting Day
On Friday, August 11 students at Seymour College participated in a planting day with Koorie literacy and numeracy tutor Michelene Tyson and Koorie education support co-ordinator Kylie Doyle.
The event has become a passion project for Ms Doyle and Ms Tyson since the birth of Mitchell Shire Council’s Grants for Plants Scheme.
Through collaboration with council, Seymour College was able to secure enough funding for more than 140 local indigenous tube stock plants.
The plants ranged from edibles for use in cooking to practical plants used to weave and create.
Students were invited to participate in the planting day, which was a product of weeks of work on connection to Country and regenerating the school’s native garden.
The day has become a significant event on the Seymour College Koorie calendar.
