Environment

What we do for the Environment

A group work of children work with an organisation called Wai Care. We
collect native plant seeds from Totara Park and propagate them. We grow the
seedlings until they reach a good size in our Shade House sponsored by
Nestle, before they are ready to be planted at the DHB land in Manukau.

                  
Every year, during Conservation Week, a group of students, often a whole
class, visit the DHB land where Wai Care provides learning opportunities for
students about the Puhihui Stream and how the stream benefits people and
wildlife, and what we must continue to do to protect it.
            
We also monitor the water quality of the Puhinui Stream where it runs
through Totara Park.

The Gardens School also has a partnership with Totara Park. This year on
Arbor Day, Takahe 1 went and planted 200 native plants alongside the Puhinui
Stream. Each year for the past three years we have done this, and every time
we return we can see how much the plants have grown.

                           
This year to mark Arbor Day, June 8th, every class planted a native tree on
the school's field. Mr _____ from the Auckland Botanic Gardens assisted with
the planting to ensure our trees last for years to come.