Official Butterfly, bee and bug habitat opening

What a beautiful morning to have guests, Northland Regional Councillor, John Bain, Enviroschools Northland co-ordinator, Susan Karels, Primary Enviroschools facilitator, Julie Holt and NRC Pest Biosecurity officer, Steve Henderson, along to school to help us officially open our new Butterfly, bee and bug habitat.

The enviro team and the senior students have worked hard over the last 6 months to turn an enormous area of garden, overgrown with kikuyu, into a new habitat, complete with artwork, butterfly watering hole and NZ native and introduced plants, some of which will be used to make natural creams and balms for sale.

While at school the students also took our guests on a tour of the Wetland and showed them the new bridge built by Mr Darwent.  Our visitors were the first to use the new QR codes which are to be printed on metal tree labels for use by the students and community.

Here are a few of the pics from the day.