On Thursday April 22nd, 2021 the Greater Victoria Green Team joined forces with the Township of Esquimalt and welcomed grade 11 & 12 students from Stelly’s Secondary School to celebrate and mark Earth Day. The students broke up into groups of 4 or 5 with each group being assigned a different task. Three groups went to various parts of the park to remove invasive plants, one group went to build a trail, while the last group planted a big Garry Oak and other various native trees and plants. The students were hard workers – getting a ton of invasive plants removed (not literally, of course!), the trail built in less than two hours and all the plants in the ground with time to spare! About mid way through the event we broke for cookies, fruit and Bubbly before returning to finish what we set out to do!
THANK YOU
A big thank you to Stelly’s Secondary School and Esquimalt Park Staff for your hard work and collaboration!
A Photo Album from the day is found here!
Group Photos
Highlights
- We removed over 8 cubic metres of invasive plants, planted 50 shrubs, 20 trees, built 15 metres of a new trail, totalling over 70 volunteer hours!
- In total 40 students came together to help restore the park!
- More than 30 people were introduced to the park and 35 had never removed invasive plants or planted before!