On a cold and windy day a group of year 9 & 10 Yass High School students visited Yass Landcare Community nursery to learn what our volunteers do behind the scenes to make the nursery run.
One task was cleaning native seed from Cassina longifolia, a number of Eucalyptus and acacias in the warmth of hot house - this was a very popular task.
Other students braved the cold and created a new garden bed in a very boggy spot so Casuarina cunninghamiana's were selected for that site.
Additonal plantings of forbs and acacias were also made in the established garden beds around the nursery - so hopefully in Spring and future years more colour and diversity should arise in these garden beds.
Students from the Yass High School were thanked by nursery volunteers with plants that each of them selected. After this session they should all know how to plant such tubestock in their home garden or paddock.
Writen by Kath McGurik, YAN Volunteer Chair & Sarah McGrath, YAN Local Coordinator
