Garden Maintenance

The Kew High School gardens are gradually being rejuvenated. The school principals have supported the efforts of staff and students to engage in the enhancement of the school grounds to provide an attractive environment for the community to work and study in.

Over the past ten years just over half, twelve of the twenty garden areas have been restored. Ongoing maintenance is required to keep the plants growing. Damaged, dying and dead trees and shrubs need to be replaced.. The mulch has to be topped up each year to suppress weeds, keep moisture levels up and support microbial activity in the soil.

Three student teams were active in the gardens this year. A group of International students assisted with the vegetable beds and in the herb garden. The Environment Team restored a bed of trees and shrubs in the quadrangle. During term four a new team, The Landscape Lads, was formed to prepare a garden bed under the Jacaranda trees. This will be planted out next autumn.

With continuing support from all sections of the school community, the gardens and surrounds of Kew High School will be a more attractive and pleasant place to work and study.

Phillip NAUGHTON