I was rapt to be asked to join the students of Mangateretere School on Friday 16 June to help out with their restoration and beautification native tree planting programme. Natives are a favourite of mine and I love seeing community projects being embraced.
Mangateretere School is one of 3 new schools that have recently joined the Shade House Project, and will be growing for the Te Karamu Enhancement Project. Friday’s planting was at the school grounds. The plan, however, is that all natives the children grow in their new shade house over the coming years will be planted into a significant site at the Te Karamu Stream.
They are a great bunch of kids, it was an awesome chance to get down and do something positive with them. I loved the experience.
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