Raised Garden "working bee"

Our beautiful raised vegetable gardens and worm farms get so many kids working and looking around them that the grass was turning to mud!  This meant that children had muddy shoes in the classrooms and at home!  NOT GOOD!  We decided to put gravel down around the raised garden and worm farm area!  We called for some help and arranged a working bee for Saturday the 19th of October!  We had some keep parents and supporters turn up and we got the job done.  We were lucky enough to have a digger turn up to scratch off the top layer of grass for us!  This saved so much time!  We then tidied up the whole area, put weed mat down and placed gravel in the area.  This will make our gardening and worm farm area more sustainable because we can get in comfortably, without getting filthy, to be able to work!  Thank you to these people who are helping to ensure that Gore Main School has a wonderful environment to learn in...

Steve and Kimberley Dixon "Concrete Structures Ltd" - For donating the use of and your time to work your digger.  This made the job so much easier!   Having the digger arrive put a really positive vibe throughout the working bee and I do not think we would have achieved this task without you!

Robina-Lee Johnston - You are so passionate about the environment Robina!  Thank you for your on-going support, ideas and physical ability to work hard.  Also, your trailer backing skills....

Anthony McCorkindale - Thank you for working extremely hard at the working bee!  You dug, shifted, lifted wheelbarrows, unloaded gravel.... The list goes on!  You also donated weed mat to go under the gravel around the garden and supplied the children (and adults) with refreshments while we worked!  You are extremely generous!

Deanne and Matt Barnett - Thank you for donating and organising the gravel to go around the raised garden.  You guys are always willing to help around Gore Main School.

Johanna and Peter Hargest (Teacher and husband) - For being passionate about children's education.
Nicky and Glenn Millar (Teacher and husband) - For being passionate about children's education.

Check out the photos below that show the work that we achieved on this day!

Yay!  We have Steve Dixon and his digger!

 Moving dirt that the digger had loaded!

Waiting to move the wheelbarrow out

Does anybody want a pikelet?

Putting weed mat down before the gravel

Gravel going over top of weed mat

Everybody is working hard!

Even the children are getting into it... Go Clayton!

 Thank you Steve Dixon from "Concrete Structures Ltd"

Ben eating pikelets

It is starting to shape up!

Shovel that gravel in there boys!

Operating the digger

Spreading gravel out evenly

Ben eating pikelets...

Job nearly done...

I though the job was nearly done...

Stop working Robina!

Stop working Matthew!  We must be nearly finished!

Yay... we have finished!  JOB DONE!