Jul 28, 2023 2 min read

IGGS Year 4 Planting 2023

IGGS students help the Eaglemont environment

An excited team of IGGS Year 4 students has helped our local environment by fundraising for Australian native plants to put in along the rail corridor.

Plants purchased by the students, with some FofEV extras.

The students were formed into 5 groups, nominated a local bird totem, collected their allocated box of seedlings, then located their allotted planting zones.

Who can name these birds that were totems for our 5 planting groups? All can be seen in the Wilsons Reserve area along the river.

Some Friends of Eaglemont Village volunteers came along to offer assistance with the planting techniques.

The planting area was taped off along the Sherwood Road side.

The class worked from the path within the garden

The final plant was put in by Miss Cameron - a commemorative banksia was planted to be visible from the roadside in years to come.

At the end of the planting the students walked further along Sherwood Road to visit the Fairy Garden.

One project team in the class problem/solution task wants to create some public spaces artwork to add some interest to the walks leading to the Fairy Garden.

Plants put in today

Here is the plants list from Edendale Nursery:

Pomaderris lanigera (Woolly Pomaderris)

Correa reflexa (Common Correa)

Einadia nutans (Nodding Saltbush)

Austrostipa scabra (Rough Spear Grass)

Poa sieberiana (Grey Tussock-grass)

Rytidosperma pallidum (Red-anther Wallaby Grass)

Rytidosperma racemosum (Slender Wallaby Grass)

Themeda triandra (Kangaroo Grass)

Arthropodium strictum (Chocolate Lily)

Brachyscome multifida (white) (Cut-leaf Daisy)

Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Common Everlasting)

Leucochrysum albicans (Hoary Sunray)

Rhodanthe anthemoides (Chamomile Sunray)

Bulbine bulbosa (Bulbine Lily)

Brachyscome diversifolia (Tall Daisy)

Enchylaena tomentosa (Ruby Saltbush)

Kennedia prostrata (Running Postman)

Linum marginale (Native Flax)

Pelargonium australe (Austral Stork’s-bill)

Velleia paradoxa (Spur Velleia)

Viola hederacea (Native Violet)