Mr. Daffern's Grade 2 Class went tree planting and mulching with instructors from Hillside and Friends of the Rouge.
Making friends with some early spring birds on our hike.
Showing posts with label Friends of the Rouge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friends of the Rouge. Show all posts
Friday, April 14, 2017
Friday, June 6, 2014
Pictures from Tree Planting with Friends of the Rouge
Here are some pictures of the Grade 4 and Grade 5 classes on a field trip with Friends of the Rouge:
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| Hiking the Beare Wetland Conservation Area. |
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| Mulch pile! |
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| Finding a molted snake skin. |
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| Finding a Garter snake in the mulch pile |
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| Reptiles like the heat generated by the composting mulch. |
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| An American toad. |
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| Adding mulch to the base helps retain moisture for the saplings. |
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| Planting wildflowers - Dense Blazing Stars. |
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Friends of the Rouge Watershed - Rouge Park Presentation
One of the ideas that the Eco Club proposed, was to do some tree planting with the Friends of the Rouge Watershed. Rouge Valley students had participated in the tree planting program before, but not in the last few years. In the intervening years, the Canadian government had declared its intention to turn the area into the "Rouge National Park". Rouge Valley students can take pride in the fact that they contributed to building a national park!
The Friends of the Rouge Watershed came to Rouge Valley and made a presentation to the students. They discussed: environmental awareness on a global level as well as what students could do to help the environment at a local level.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Tree Planting with the Friends of the Rouge
By Parwez, Rm 208.
On Wed, May 21st we went on a tree planting field trip with Mr.Daffern’s class and Miss Calma’s class. We went there on a big school bus. We met Colin there. Colin is from “Friends of the Rouge”. Colin teaches people how to take care of the forests. He showed us how to plant flowers and trees. Colin had some volunteers to help us plant the flowers and trees. We dug a small hole, put the plant in and covered the roots with soil. The next plant had to be 2 trowel lengths away. To plant the hickory nuts we dug a small hole, put the nut in, covered it and stomped the soil flat. The next hickory nut had to be four steps away. We planted some sunflowers, evening primrose and hickory nuts. The weather was cloudy, windy and cool. We had to wear a jacket, boots, a hat, sunscreen and jeans. We had fun planting flowers and nuts.
On Wed, May 21st we went on a tree planting field trip with Mr.Daffern’s class and Miss Calma’s class. We went there on a big school bus. We met Colin there. Colin is from “Friends of the Rouge”. Colin teaches people how to take care of the forests. He showed us how to plant flowers and trees. Colin had some volunteers to help us plant the flowers and trees. We dug a small hole, put the plant in and covered the roots with soil. The next plant had to be 2 trowel lengths away. To plant the hickory nuts we dug a small hole, put the nut in, covered it and stomped the soil flat. The next hickory nut had to be four steps away. We planted some sunflowers, evening primrose and hickory nuts. The weather was cloudy, windy and cool. We had to wear a jacket, boots, a hat, sunscreen and jeans. We had fun planting flowers and nuts.
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