Today was the planting day that Madison, Me, Kate, Hannah, Anastasia and Pat organised. There were 250 plants to plant. Our group had to be at the dam at 8.30 to unpack all of the plants. There were about 32 kids and 12 adults incuding Darryn, Alana and Katie. We planted the trees so that when the river flooded the plants would trap all the mud and sediment. There were 4 different types of plants; Cabbage Tree, Toytoy, Red Tussock and Flax. Our goup emailed the Southland Times and they came down at 10.30am and interviewed our group and took some pictures of us with the wheelbarrow and spades. They also interveiwed Anastasia. We had to first dig a small hole in the ground, then you put the plant in and stamped it so the groun was firm, then you wrapped the felt blanket around the base of the plant to help stop the weeds, then you poked the bamboo through the holes in the felt and then slild the plastic cover over the bamboo to help protect the plant. It was really fun.
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