THE GREEN PAGE
From little things big things grow....
Last fortnight we spoke about the little gem of a garden behind Student Services. This week the gardening team and Student Services have had a great leap in the right direction and received some very exciting news. Two local businesses have come on board to support this fantastic space, which will be used as a productive chill out space for students.
The Ranges Wholesale Nursery – 170 Graham Rd Silvan www.therangesnursery.com.au with their amazing donation of vouchers to buy tools and a big bag full of gardening gloves.
Bunnings Lilydale – 118 Main St Lilydale 9713 7800, really came to the table and are donating some much needed raised garden beds, tools and manpower to help give this area a big facelift.
A massive thank you to both businesses for helping out the school and allowing this space to grow!
Candice Richards
Student Services and Careers Assistant
Garden accessories or soil
We welcome you to make contact with the school if you have any garden accessories or soil that you would like to donate to our Gardening Team!
It's a WRAP!
Every now and then you come across something that makes you step back and just say wow. We invite you to go ahead and have one of those moments with an incredible green thinking product!
This awesome product, produced by Mel Joy from the Yarra Valley, has the ability to replace cling film, baking paper and aluminium foil in your home thus reducing household wastage dramatically!
You might remember our recent 'Waste Audit' on our VCE students at school. A staggering 6.23 tonnes of general waste is produced annually by our student population alone each year. Of that, we estimate up to 90% was soft plastics from food packaging and wraps! That’s not to mention all the baking paper and foil used in the average household preparing the daily meals. When the numbers are added up, the waste volume produced from throw away used once packaging, must be unimaginable. These are the things that make us really stop and think “do I need to waste that?”
Being made from from 100% pure silicone, agreena is good for the earth and good for us!
Think reusable sandwich wraps, baking those cookies at home again and again without needlessly throwing away unrecyclable waxed paper. And instead of throwing away foil after a single use, reuse agreena as many times as you need.
By purchasing and using products like agreena you are supporting locals and supporting a greener future.
Use the link below to find out more!
Gardening Club Raffle
The Gardening Club is holding a raffle to raise money to create special gardens around the school.
Tickets will be on sale at Student Services or you can get tickets through a Gardening Club Rep.
Ticket prices are as follows; $1 each or 3 for $2.
The prize will be drawn at the end of the day, on Friday 21 July,
Greenest Regards
The Green Team