Ninety Grade 4 pupils of Parkview Senior School celebrated Arbor Day by planting 10 trees at the Parkview Golf Club.
Parkview Residents Association member, Theresa Gibbon, said the pupils planted trees such as wild olive, karee and river bushwillow which will not only enhance the aesthetics and playability of the course but will also commemorate the community’s participation in the club’s centenary celebrations.
The pupils were also shown how to prepare the soil around the trees by the green keepers. The club views the planting as a valuable opportunity to involve the community living around the club in its centenary year celebrations, and to give the children first-hand experience of caring for nature and the environment.
“Hopefully, many of the children will in later life become club members and, when the trees are fully grown, will remember that they planted them,” said the club’s director, Jerry Fraser.
Gibbon said the pupils were also given a short talk by Julian Ortlepp, from Treeworks, on the benefits trees bring to the environment.
They treated afterwards to cake and soft drinks.
Gibbon mentioned that the golf course had not hosted an Abor Day in the past and they are looking into making it an annual event. She concluded and said the pupils were educated and taught that trees play an important role in the environment, such as absorbing carbon dioxide and creating oxygen. They were taught how trees enhance the natural ecosystem by attracting and supporting birdlife and insects, how they add to the general beauty of the neighbourhood and how they fulfill an important role as obstacles for golfers to avoid.
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