Fairhall Green Gold walk
The Envirocouncil at Fairhall School came up with an idea to develop a Green Gold walk as a way to share some of the actions they have taken on their Enviroschools journey. At the back of their school behind the tennis courts was an unused and unloved area that also connected to their special native garden/ngahere. This seemed a good spot to create this project.
At the end of last year students and staff cleared out the area behind the tennis courts of junk that had been stored there. This was the first step towards creating the Green Gold walk. The Enviro Council and other keen student volunteers got stuck in over a couple of lunchtimes and took advantage of the skip onsite. They dismantled the old compost container and used the compost in the ngahere .Some of the items (such as wooden posts and mussel floats) were taken to be re-used . The caretaker dismantled the chicken coop over the holidays so the area is all clear and ready for the project.
One of the senior classes and teacher have been doing some amazing work in the native garden/ngahere. They recently overhauled the Marlborough Rock Daisy garden at the entrance to the native garden/ngahere. They created a bark mountain to represent the school maunga: the Ned (Te Hau). and then planted within and around this.
