Year 4 Butterfly Garden
On Friday 19 September we started planting out a Butterfly Garden within our school grounds as part of the SEEDS program. We were given a range of rare plant species for this butterfly garden from Dan Duval, a scientist from theSouth Australian Seed Conservation Centre at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. Included in these rare plant species are over 20 mature Olearia pannosa plants (Silver Daisy Bush) which is our focus plant for the SEEDS program. The established Olearia pannosa plants will become a seed bank which we can collect from and use for revegetation projects at our Currency Creek Eco-Centre.
Before planting out the different species, we spent some time in class learning about the local species of butterflies which we aim to attract to our garden. We also looked at the types of plants which provide nectar for the adult butterflies and most importantly the caterpillar food plants specific to each species of butterfly.
This is a long term project which we will continue to add plants to as we collect them over time. The aim of the garden is that it becomes a place where students can visit during Biological Science lessons and also continue to encourage the need for preserving our environment.
