Wyndham Early Learning take part in One Tree Per Child program
By Aaron Cordy
THE youngsters at Wyndham Early Learning took part in the One Tree Per Child program on Monday at Seven Creeks Park.
27 children from Wyndham Early Learning took part in planting the Indigenous River Bottlebrush, Sedges and Tastic Grass, with Greater Shepparton City Council’s Environment Officer Kylie Hoskin. They learnt about the importance of trees to our everyday life, as well as why they are so important to the wellbeing of our environment and the wildlife who live amongst us.
One Tree Per Child is a global initiative founded by Olivia Newton-John and Jon Dee, who also founded the highly successful National Tree Day Program. Despite the name, the species planted under the project in Greater Shepparton include indigenous trees, shrubs, groundcovers and grasses that have largely been cleared from our region.
The children from Wyndham Early Learning had a ball hammering their stakes with mallets and digging in the earth and soil with spades while planting and playing on the Sevens Creek parkland.
