Community Conservation
Planting seeds in the garden of St Modan's High School
Gartinny Nature Group consists of four keen conservationists: Mark, Peter, David, Chris and Autism Practitioner, Tony Monir. Together with pupils from the autism base, the group headed out with spades and planted around 150 native wildflower plants. The project was a valuable learning experience in conservation for all invovled and a great opportunity for individuals to experience a different social environment. The afternoon's work was followed by some much appreciated drinks and biscuits.
Planting wildflowers at St Modan's High School is one of several projects that Gartinny Nature Group are currently invovled with. As well as monitoring red squirrels as part of a Scottish Wildlife Trust project and building otter holts, the group are also contributing to the regeneration of our native aspen trees.
On top of all this they are are taking steps towards completing The John Muir Award. This conservation award will give recognition to all their hard work whilst acknowledging their acheivements.
Speaking about the group, Tony said: "We have a very enthusiastic group of people here, who understand the importance of the work that we are doing. The idea behind the group was to create a rich variety of fun experiences for anyone who wanted to get involved, while ensuring that our efforts were meaningful and effective in the context of local conservation.We are very excited about developing these projects in the future."
