05 Aug 2016
Our students joined almost 300,000 people across Australia in getting their gardening gloves on and planting a tree for National Tree Day. Working with CityFood2U, a not-for-profit social enterprise focused on urban permaculture farming, students helped plant herbs, vegetables and trees.
CityFood2U organised demonstrations of urban worm farming and composting, with over a tonne of raw organic material used to make a compost mound stretching four metres long.
"We wanted to create an opportunity for students, volunteers and parents to enjoy nature, reconnect with the world around us and each other," said CityFood2U president Marlene Carrasco.
"This is the essence of permaculture."
Volunteers, students and staff from the SEU, Parents Café, Bunnings Warehouse, Muslim Aid Australia, Toyota and Cummings all worked together on the day.
Parents Cafe cooked a pizza lunch using the school's wood-fired oven and organic vegetables grown locally by CityFood2U. For more photos see our gallery below.
Our National Tree Event was so great that it featured in Fairfield Champion. See the article here