#1-School Garden and Water Use at Home

School Garden Design

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!

The Enviro group would like your input in planning our school vegetable/fruit garden.This is the fenced area situated beside the swimming pool.

Things to consider in your design: *Garden bed types and materials *Plant/ herb types *Shade house *Compost bins *Worm farms *Usable working space for children *Water tanks/barrels *paths

Draw your design on a piece of A4 and Put in the Enviro box inside the door of CS14 with name, CS by  15th May 2009

Materials we need to help make our gardens

Railway sleepers/ macrocarpa or untreated totara for planting beds

Old bathsHoses/plastic hosingWater barrels/ water tanks

Wooden tables for work benches

Gardening tools/ Gardening gloves

Compost/ clover mulch/straw

Plant climbing frames

Old pavers/ Shell

Old plastic taps

Buckets/ Watering cans

If you are able to help with any of these items please ring Jo-Ann Yukich / Dana Taylor or Patricia Jerkovich on  09 83 61 213

RING BEFORE BRINGING ANY ITEMS TO SCHOOL

Fast Facts

Toilets - The average single flush toilet uses 11 litres per full flush. A household with 3 occupants flushes, on average, 15 times per day which is 165 litres per day or over 60,000 litres per year .