500 Natives - Narooma High School Nursery
April of this year - we collected 500 native plants for Walawaani Way Conservation Burial. The plants have been grown from native seeds collected locally in the area and all endemic to the area.
Christina Potts who works at the school established this nursery seven years ago and it has provided students with a hands-on opportunity to propagate and nurture indigenous local plants which is not an easy feat.
The main species collected for Walawaani Way was the Allocasuarina Littoralis also called She-Oak which will provide much needed habitat for the magnificent Glossy Black Cockatoo.
Todd Wright and student Joseph, loading the plants onto the Walawaani Way ute.
More habitat and food sources are needed for the local Glossy-Black Cockatoo. The students have been propagating Allocasuarina Littoralis for this significant Australian parrot.
A fantastic effort by Christina Potts and her students at Narooma High School to provide 500 natives for Walawaani Way.
“Ms Potts said it took a lot of work by the students propagating and watering over one to two years to get them to the size that Ms McCuaig could collect them.””
Student Joseph and Christina who have been propagating the natives in the school nursery.
