Alkimos Primary School has been fortunate enough to be selected as part of the Miyawaki (pocket) forest Outreach program run by Dr Grey Coupland of Murdoch University & the Harry Butler Institute.

Miyawaki forests, or pocket forests, are densely planted forests comprised of more than 30 different locally native species. These forests can be planted in small pockets of the environment to green urban landscapes and enhance urban biodiversity. The pocket forest will be planted by our students acting as citizen scientists. We have begun this process by creating a School Compost system. This compost will be placed on the ground to help grow our Miyawaki forest.

Students have been placing their fruit and vegie scraps into buckets that are chopped and placed on the compost daily. This is a wonderful way we can limit our waste as a school. We are also using green waste from our wonderful gardeners and have been kindly donated coffee grinds from our local Santorini Café. We appreciate everyone’s support of this wonderful project that all students, families and hopefully our community will enjoy for many years to come.

With thanks,

Ms Sutton, Mrs Birchall & Miss Holthaus