St Johns Hill School pupils Wairangi Potaka-Osborne 6, Sophie Bromley 8, and Grace Eastabrook 8, were replanting one of the garden beds at their school.
Photo/Stuart Munro
There will be many tall trees at St Johns Hill School in the future and current pupils will have the satisfaction of knowing they planted them.
Whanganui business owners Bryce Robb and Mary Cameron of Beaver Tree Services have donated $1000 to purchase 417 trees from the Whanganui Prison nursery
to be planted at the school.
Robb said the donation was about celebrating Arbour Day and wanting to make a "growing gift" to the school.
"We know the children here will tend the trees and the prison nursery have given us a great deal so every child got to plant their own tree.
"Children in New Zealand always got to plant trees on Arbour Day and we want to bring back the tradition and donate trees to schools every year."
