We are full steam ahead with the garden renovation for 2023.

Thanks to all the people who have been taking time out of their days to help out, it’s been extremely helpful and I’m really appreciative of all the mahi done.

So far this year we have ripped the planter boxes apart due to rotting wood so that we can redo them. Sold the old greenhouse! We have also cleaned out old worm baths, salvaged old seed trays for future plantings and tidied the area up. We have started some new seedlings for winter veges. We have also started to dig out the old posts and convolvulus infected dirt in the garden too. Our compost bin is also producing high quality compost from food scraps from different areas around the school.

Next term we will get stuck into making the new planter boxes and producing some vegetables. I want to give a massive shout out to Mitre10 Papanui for their gracious donation to help us purchase the wood and posts for the new planter boxes.

If you’re a student who’s keen to help out we have weekly after-school clean ups on Mondays and everyone is welcome to come, even if you haven’t attended before. If you have any queries email me at: 19mclauc@cghs.school.nz

Cleo McLaughlin (Garden Leader for 2023)