The Envirogroup at Work

On 21st May the Envirogroup had their second meeting and in the afternoon had a working bee to dig over and weed the existing raised garden beds. After that we sowed lupin seeds in one bed as a nitrogen-fixing crop and in the other we planted cabbage, broccoli and celery seedlings. We also planted a rhubarb plant in one of the tyres so look out for some yummy rhubarb desserts in the future!
The other task was to put together our 'Worm Cafe' which is now up and running, thanks to Farmer Brown in Richmond who provided us with worms free of charge.
We plan on getting all classes interested in making a bird feeder and some of the senior students are researching plans for us.
Watch this space!

Birchwood Envirogroup 2014

We have formed a group of enthusiastic students from Rooms 4 - 11 to work on Enviroschools projects this year. We have already had 2 meetings. The first was on 26th March and many issues were discussed including the following............
* Plantings of veges, herbs, shrubs and fruit trees around the school
* Doing a beach clean-up at Monaco
* Making bird feeders and putting them in the school grounds
* Buying a worm farm and getting it established
* Using existing compost
* Making recycled furniture for the decks
* Individual planter boxes for each class to plant out as they wish

The Envirogroup is......
Charlotte and Amber from Room 11
Riley and Zanthy from Room 10
Tristan and Jiselle from Room 9
Maia and Kayla from Room 8
Milla and Flynn from Room 7
Mani Room 6
Maya Room 5
Hadlee Room 4
Teacher in charge of Enviroschools, Jan Tennet.

We have already received a grant of $250 from the Nelson City Council to buy our worm farm and seedlings and have applied to other businesses for funding. We are also hoping to get financial help from Birchwood Home and Schools.