Kindergartens across Sunbury have been inundated with more than 1100 small shrubs and trees from the Sunbury Residents Association (SRA) in an effort to green the area.
Kids from the Goodstart Early Learning Centre in Barkley Street recently helped launch the project, along with Sunbury MP Josh Bull.
SRA president Graham Williams said the project had been designed to engage with as many local families as possible to increase community based plantings and provide ongoing kids activities.
“All 21 kindergartens in Sunbury were invited to participate and received the free tubestocks, a flyer about planting and caring for their shrubs as well as information about the association,” he said.
“The project compliments works by Hume council to undertake planting across parks and open spaces.”
Mr Williams said SRA was extremely grateful for the assistance with funding from the Sunbury Bulla Community Grants Program that was established late last year.
“The success of this year would be aiming to make this activity an annual project with support of the local business community,” he said.
SRA members volunteered their time to make all the visits, and volunteer Wendy Walters said it was a very down to earth type of project.
“[The] project had taken many months of planning and seeing the smiles on the kids faces when deliveries occurred made it all worthwhile,” she said.
“[The project] will encourage kindergarten kids to plant and grow native plants, [which] are important to keep our environment cool and our air clean.”
Zoe Moffatt
