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She said a rare wallaby grass had already reappeared at the site that the team hadn’t know existed in the area.<\/p>\n
Detailed planning for the site culminated in a community planting day that saw hundreds of volunteers and their children plant 2,500 plants in a single day.<\/p>\n
“It’s important for us that the children were a part of that because the experience is so memorable, so deep; it just goes into their fibre,” head of school Gabby Brennan said.<\/p>\n
The site also features a pathway, natural amphitheatre and a circle of large volcanic rocks where classrooms can gather.<\/p>\n
“There’s lots of stopping spots along the path where we can take the children out and where other people in the future, when it has grown up a bit, might want to come to just walk in the bush, particularly the Wathaurong,” Ms Brennan said.<\/p>\n
“We would really encourage them and other First Nations people in the area to see it as something that they can access.<\/p>\n
“That’s part of the connection that we hope to build and are working on building.”<\/p>\n
Ms Brennan said it was heartening to see the amount of growth at the site already.<\/p>\n
“It’s not quite as complicated as people think, but it does require commitment and labour and time and knowledge.<\/p>\n
“I think once people have actually got their hands on it once, and had a go once, they know how good they feel, how pleased they are, how excited they get when they see a little plant growing, and then they want to keep doing it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FRESHWATER Creek Steiner School has completed a significant revegetation project, creating a new wildlife corridor as well as a nature and cultural discovery trail for the school. More than 1,800 volunteer hours were required to transform the 3.27-hectare plot of land that once housed livestock. Intended to draw wildlife and connect the school’s children with […]<\/p>\n