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Newts given a Helping Hand at South Primary School
| Newt Paradise in the making at South Primary |
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| Green Gym volunteers complete final planting works |
Final planting works were completed in the Wildlife Area at South Primary School in Paisley during May 2008. Over the previous six months Carts Greenspace had been working with BTCV Scotland’s Renfrewshire
Green Gym initiative and the staff at the school to transform an overgrown wilderness with a choked pond into a paradise for
a threatened local population of Palmate Newts. Enthusiastic volunteers from
the Green Gym have repaired and painted the protective fence, cut back or uprooted unsuitable shrubs that were casting too
much shade, realigned and thinned out vegetation in the previously choked pond, installed a donated old bath to create a new
pond, constructed a raised bed for sun loving plants and creepy-crawlies which the amphibians need to eat and replanted the
area with wildlife friendly species. Access paths have also been improved so
that the school can reach the area more easily. In addition, four benches have
been added to create an outdoor classroom. These benches have been carved to
illustrate some of the wildlife living in the pond. Recycling has been a strong
theme for the project. As well as the old bath’s pond conversion, reclaimed
paving setts were used to build the raised bed and the timber for the benches was sourced from trees taken down after storm
damage, etc.
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