We have our planters ready to go and we are taking out the planted potatoes and radish.
As a school we wanted to promote biodiversity and teach the importance of flowers in the ecosystem. We allocated a portion of our school garden and we bought some Bee- Bombs. These are little capsules that have seed and fertiliser in them. We also wanted to see a home for some of the mini-beasts around the school and have a location that we could go to for mini-beast hunts. We bought a Bug-hotel for the school garden and we have spent some time this year relocating some our our multi-legged friends to the hotel for a vacation using pooters for our science lessons.
Our project aims to inspire and promote a sense of ownership of the school and the environment in the children. We aim to provide a facility in the school that I capable of giving teachers a means to teach science and Geography in an outdoor setting.
Our plan of expenditure is to go to the local Men’s Shed in Lucan.
We have arranged the purchase of 2 planters and 1 bedding supports at €100 each. We want to buy tools that will allow whole classes to work so we have allocated €200 on trowels and gloves. Finally we want to buy herbs and vegetables that will allow us to get a yield all year round so we are going to spend €150 on seeds. The remaining money will be spent on the regeneration of the garden as it requires cleaning and removal of weeds
