Berwick Secondary College students Chris Vongphone and Penny Moores with wattle seedlings grown for the Gembrook Sustainable Market.By Jim Mynard
STUDENTS from Berwick Secondary College will have a stall for environmental goods at the Gembrook Sustainable Market on Sunday 27 August.
The students have produced a range of goods from wattle seedlings in papier-mache pots to liquid worm castings to be sold as “garden wine”.
Student Michael Barrett said the garden wine was a concentrate and needed to be diluted one to 20 parts for use in the garden.
“We will not sell goods in plastic bags and by using papier mache pots the seedlings can be planted with no disturbance to root systems.”
Environmental teacher Lisa Benn said the students would work in shifts during their day at the market.
Ms Benn said the market was celebrating its first anniversary on the day and this would be its first student educational stall.
Student Chris Vongphone said money earned at the market would be used to supplement the school environmental sections programs.
“We have to pay for things such as brochures,” he said.
Classmate Penny Moores said the fliers explained the program and goods available for sale.
“We also tell people about what they should put into recycle bins.”
Jamie Parker said the students had also produced cloth carry bags to sell at the market.
