Media Release
30 July 2010
School kids get their hands dirty planting our future
Celebrating Schools Tree Day on Friday 30 July, Western Sydney Parklands played host to GlendenningPrimary School in a tree planting event.
Forty Year 4 and 5 students, along with teacher Dianne France enjoyed a walk from their school to the picturesque Parklands planting location near Eastern Creek at Glendenning.
Around 200 Western Sydney native plants were supplied with species including Pale Vanilla Lilly, Hop Bush, Kangaroo Grass and Parramatta Wattle.
These are primarily understorey species which will help provide habitat and food for bush birds. The planting location is part of an Endangered Ecological Community of River Flat Eucalyptus Forest.
“Over the last 10 years more than 30,000 trees have been planted in the Parklands and this commitment to restore Western Sydney’s indigenous bushland and capture carbon is continuing with $2.7m budgeted for ongoing works to 2011”, said Suellen Fitzgerald, Director of Western Sydney Parklands Trust.
“It is great that we are able to get young people actively involved in environmental protection at an early age through such practical things such as tree planting.
“It is a good educational tool which helps plant the seed of environmental awareness in future generations”, she said.
Following their horticultural endeavours, the students and staff were treated to morning tea.
Each student received a memento of the day and a project sheet detailing the vital environmental monitoring and restoration of Cumberland Plain Woodland being carried out by the Western Sydney Parklands Trust.
The Parklands will continue to play host to local schools to teach them how environmental science in the suburbs is at work to protect native species and ecosystems.
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Caption : GlendenningPublic School students get close to nature in the Parklands
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