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Teacher Travis Poyner said pupils at Pleasant Street Primary School begin to learn about sustainability from grade prep. Insects and bees are often a focus.<\/p>\n
“This year we’re putting in insect hotels, planting more flowers throughout our gardens, and we’ve even got makeshift bird and insect baths,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We also have a Green Team of 20 students who meet each Monday lunchtime who do<\/p>\n
things around the garden, like planting, mulching, and turning compost.”<\/p>\n
FBBB president and BotaniKIDS convenor Julie Bradby said biodiversity is a key focus of the Friends.<\/p>\n
“We’re working with a council to create a pathway from the Gatekeeper’s Cottage up to the wetlands, and that will be our pollinator pathway,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Powerful Pollinators will complement that. It’s going to be fantastic when it takes wings and flies.”<\/p>\n
The bee bath may stay at the Gatekeeper’s Cottage or be relocated to somewhere by the lake that’s closer to Pleasant Street Primary School.<\/p>\n
Rotarians may undertake some fundraising to help cover the cost of producing the brochures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THREE organisations are coming together to boost the health of the region’s bee population. Pleasant Street Primary School, Rotary Club of Ballarat, and Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens have united to lead the new Powerful Pollinators program. The project was an idea of Pleasant Street students, who are aiming to create of a brochure on […]<\/p>\n