Trees for Survival.
The growth of this programme, started by our club, has really taken off and it is developing into a major Rotary project that in future years will have a life of its own as an integral part of our community. In the current season, we have 142 schools planting and 13 are being set up so that they will be ready to plant next year. These new schools will be receiving their plant growing units and in early 2023 seed will be collected in their area for germinating and planting mid-year. The growth expected in our planning will take us to 241 schools by 2024/2025.
Schools join the programme in geographical clusters as that they can be supported by facilitators [paid contractors to TfS] and the new clusters are in Taranaki, Whakatane/Opotiki, Coromandel, Waikato, Rotorua, and another 12 schools in the Auckland area. We have standardised on 6 metre Plant Growing Units [now increasingly known as Shadehouses] and each of these receives 1000 plants and on average plants 850 of these in the ground. Each new PGU is now fitted with a rain sensor timer to save water. The PGUs are manufactured by Multistrut and assembled and delivered by Mens’ Sheds.
The programme is attracting major sponsors and the only limitation to the rate of expansion will be finance.
The growth of this programme, started by our club, has really taken off and it is developing into a major Rotary project that in future years will have a life of its own as an integral part of our community. In the current season, we have 142 schools planting and 13 are being set up so that they will be ready to plant next year. These new schools will be receiving their plant growing units and in early 2023 seed will be collected in their area for germinating and planting mid-year. The growth expected in our planning will take us to 241 schools by 2024/2025.
Schools join the programme in geographical clusters as that they can be supported by facilitators [paid contractors to TfS] and the new clusters are in Taranaki, Whakatane/Opotiki, Coromandel, Waikato, Rotorua, and another 12 schools in the Auckland area. We have standardised on 6 metre Plant Growing Units [now increasingly known as Shadehouses] and each of these receives 1000 plants and on average plants 850 of these in the ground. Each new PGU is now fitted with a rain sensor timer to save water. The PGUs are manufactured by Multistrut and assembled and delivered by Mens’ Sheds.
The programme is attracting major sponsors and the only limitation to the rate of expansion will be finance.