School kids seem to always be enthusiastic about planting. Last winter we planted a new native garden around some recently built classrooms at our local primary school. Feature pieces were six mature grass trees (Xanthorrea preissi), which were rescued by rePlants from bushland that was being cleared. The bed is about 70m long and between 2 and 3 metres wide.
We planted mostly low shrubs (Acacia lasiocarpa, Ficinia nodulosa, Leucophta brownii, everlastings, westringia spp. Adenanthos cuneiformis) plus some larger bushes and small trees (Eucalyptus foecunda) that could shade the classrooms and also some climbers (Hardenbergia componia, Kennedia spp.) that could cover the railings. About 100 kids helped do the planting - which was pretty frantic! We sourced our plants from APACE, Lullfitz nursery, and were supported by our local Bunnings hardware, City Toyota, Nedlands City Council and Nedlands Primary P & C Association.
Early days June 2011. After a wet winter I visited the school the other day. Most of the plants have at least quadrupled in size. Stay tuned for more up to date images.
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