Our children are inheriting a natural landscape that is barely surviving the demands of commerce and population. We’re beginning to realise the vital role vegetation plays in our own survival. Education has been the force that’s made the difference. The younger generations are growing up with a far more sensitive and responsible relationship with the natural environment.
Since 1984 Dick Tomlinson has run programs in schools to engage children with importance of trees, and encourage them to plant trees of their own.
Tomlinson School Tree Care Workshop
The children are introduced the contribution of trees to the health of our environment. This is an entertaining and educational slide show.
There follows a session in the grounds or surroundings of the school, where individual stories are told about the trees growing there. This includes practical techniques for aging a tree, guessing the height and history.
Back inside, the children will have the opportunity to grow an oak tree from an acorn, in a recycled milk carton, and watch it grow.
