By Bridget Cook
Deanne O’Loughlin, from Bunnings Warehouse Cranbourne, helps plant a new garden with Lyndhurst Secondary College students Rachel Bailey and Jacob Knowles and teacher Dylan Johnson- Turner. 74800Pictures: Donna Oates
STUDENTS at Lyndhurst Secondary College got their hands dirty for a greener and cleaner future last week.
Bunnings Warehouse Cranbourne team members visited the school last week to help Year 9 students to pot plants and trees around the school as well as teach them about sustainability.
The visit was part of the school’s ‘advanced grant project’, which aims to provide the students with training and experiences within the local community.
As part of the program, the students were involved in a project called ‘The Garden Block’
This project involved the students redesigning a garden area around the school.
Students were given a small budget and had to lead their research on the style of garden, plants, planting times, colours and general upkeep of their gardens.
The students had the opportunity to communicate with local community experts, who were able to give them some advice on design, planting and general techniques to help make their project the best it could be.
Bunnings Warehouse Cranbourne supported the project and donated 40 plants and the time of team members to plant them. Bunnings Cranbourne complex manager Mark Dempsey said as well as helping them plant, the staff gave the students an understanding of sustainability and how they could incorporate it into their everyday life.
“Students hopefully took away a practical understanding of what being sustainable means,” he said.
“This can mean having a vegie patch in your garden, and growing your own vegies or, using biodegradable products.”
Lyndhurst Secondary College teacher Dylan Johnson-Turner said he was proud of all the students involved.
“It has given me great satisfaction to see their ideas come to life and be a part of their local community,” he said.
“The students deserve to receive great accolades for their achievements, and I hope they continue their local community spirit in the future.”
