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Shoreline Goes Wild
Shoreline Goes Wild
Check out the website that the students put together. Click on the image of the trillium to the left to go to the website.
"We are two middle school classes that who helped to pull invasive plants to make space for Indigenous species in our school's forest. We worked really hard to put this website together to tell you about our journey - we hope you enjoy it!"
Birds Nest!!!
Birds Nest!!!
When we were watering our newly planted plants at the end of April we found a nest. From then, everytime we went to care for the plants we looked in on the nest.
Planting Indigenous Plants!!!!
Planting Indigenous Plants!!!!
The students picked the plants ...
from Saanich Native Plants ...
and carfeully planted in the forest.
Student photographs of the forest ...
In March the Fawn Lily's began to show themselves again ...
In March the Fawn Lily's began to show themselves again ...
and we worked to protect them from many pounding feet of students playing games in the forest ...
and we worked to protect them from many pounding feet of students playing games in the forest ...
February 19: We returned to pulling invasive plants and picking up garbage.
February 19: We returned to pulling invasive plants and picking up garbage.
And then in snowed ...
And then in snowed ...
Feb 3 - 10, 2021: Once we had chosen our areas and knew what plants we needed to protect, we started to clear the area of the ivy, the daphne and the blackberry.
Feb 3 - 10, 2021: Once we had chosen our areas and knew what plants we needed to protect, we started to clear the area of the ivy, the daphne and the blackberry.
Weighing what we pulled
Weighing what we pulled
Categorizing the strange garbage we found
Categorizing the strange garbage we found
photographing the beauty
photographing the beauty
We started by mapping the area we wanted to focus our restoration work on, measuring the area, identifying the plants and removing garbage from the forest.
We started by mapping the area we wanted to focus our restoration work on, measuring the area, identifying the plants and removing garbage from the forest.
We were awarded a
We were awarded a
GO WILD SCHOOL GRANT
GO WILD SCHOOL GRANT
from the World Wildlife Federation
from the World Wildlife Federation
October 2020
October 2020
It is mostly the ivy that we are pulling out in long tug of war pulls. Fall and winter are a good time to pull invasive plants as most other plants have done their growing and flowering and sending out seeds and are sleeping for the winter.
We planted salal, salmon berry, ...
ferns, and huckleberry bushes.
Ready for the fall and winter rains.
With the return to in-school learning we return to pulling invasive plants out of the forest.
With the return to in-school learning we return to pulling invasive plants out of the forest.
The return of the Fawn Lily!
The return of the Fawn Lily!
On April 9th (2020) I came to forest and saw the first FAWN LILY I have ever seen in the back forest!
On April 9th (2020) I came to forest and saw the first FAWN LILY I have ever seen in the back forest!
This is because of all our hard work pulling invasive plants like ivy. With the ivy gone the ground was open to the plants that were not able to grow before. The plants now had the sun, the water and the space they needed to grow.
Fawn Lily's are Indigenous Flowers that are rare and threatened with extinction. This was very very very exciting to see!
Fawn Lily leaves in the forest.
Fawn Lily leaves in the forest.
Fawn Lily gone to seed on April 11th.
Fawn Lily gone to seed on April 11th.
Broken flowers and broken leaves.
Broken flowers and broken leaves.
These delicate and rare flowers that are growing for the first time in the forest are still in danger. Eventhough we pulled out the ivy giving them the space, sun and water to grow they are now being damaged by people and pets.
Broken flower
Broken flower
Damaged Leaf
Damaged Leaf
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