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Enviroweek Tree Planting
09 November
At the conclusion of Enviroweek last week our two year 9 Horticulture classes have planted 28 new native trees along the reflective trail at the back of the Damascus College Campus.
The trees have been a collaborative effort between the current students and the students who took Horticulture in semester one. The semester one students collected the local Acacia seed from the school campus and experimented with different treatment methods to simulate natural events known to trigger seed germination, such as fire, flood and drought.
Semester two students then took over the care of the trees until they were big enough to plant out. We are also happy to report that 100% of the native gums that were planted on National Tree Day have survived their first very wet Winter and the semester two students have been weeding and tending to these trees. With the record rains this year, watering the trees has not been necessary.
Congratulations to all the Horticulture students this year who have helped make Damascus a greener space! -Kayla Robson
