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School<br />
Gardening<br />
Group<br />
The Gardening Group<br />
works in the school<br />
garden every Wednesday<br />
after school.<br />
They are helped and guided<br />
by Metua Aerenga (community<br />
volunteer) and Rosalie Kwan. The<br />
vegetables that are grown are<br />
either donated to organisations,<br />
taken home by the students or<br />
sold to staff. Any funds raised<br />
are then used to buy new seeds,<br />
plants and equipment for the<br />
garden.<br />
What the students say about the<br />
garden:<br />
“It’s really interesting to learn<br />
about growing vegetables.” Chu<br />
Moo 9FI<br />
“I like working in the garden<br />
because it is so green and I like<br />
eating the vegetables we grow.”<br />
Madina 9FI<br />
“I like digging and doing heavy<br />
work in the garden.” Zabiullah 9FI<br />
“I like helping and seeing the<br />
vegetables grow.” Suega 11DH<br />
“I like to learn about plants and<br />
planting.” AJ 12BF<br />
Ms R. Kwan says that seeing<br />
the students learning about<br />
the garden then taking this<br />
knowledge home and starting<br />
their own gardens at home is very<br />
rewarding.<br />
Metua has recently been selected<br />
as a finalist in the 2016 GARDENA<br />
Gardener of the Year competition<br />
run by the New Zealand Gardener<br />
magazine. He loves growing<br />
plants and teaching the students<br />
how to garden.<br />
'...students<br />
learning<br />
about the<br />
garden then<br />
taking this<br />
knowledge<br />
home...<br />
is very<br />
rewarding.'<br />
Mangere College - 2016 31
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