Native Seed Orchard -Taking The Trees Home

Initiated in 2006 to support biodiversity, seed was harvested from the Woodbridge School Native Seed Orchard, which was established in 1993. The seeds from drought affected, endangered Midlands trees were germinated by students and the Green Corps. Two hundred blackwood seedlings were nurtured over the summer by members of the Peppermint Bay Landcare Group. The school was awarded a Tasmanian Landcare Fund Grant (April 2007) for the Woodbridge Community to plant these trees on 27 August 2007 in the Tasmanian Midlands. Students parents and teachers from Woodbridge took a bus and collected students from Campania School and planted the trees on Phil Headlam's property at Colebrook. This initiative linked the Woodbridge and Campania communities, addressed the issue of Midlands tree decline and completing the cycle of revegetation. The day finished with a huge bon fire made from crack willow weeds.

Coastal Management

A community trail from Peppermint Bay to the wetlands (approximately 1 km) has become a substantial and highly visible community resource. Woodbridge School hosted two Green Corps Teams (2006 and 2007) who worked with students and the community on the trail. Supporting activities have included the removal of over 6000 introduced oysters along the foreshore, track work, weed removal and revegetation with local endemic plants.
A coastal forum at Woodbridge in April 2006 attended by over 40 community members provided the program with feedback on strategies for oyster removal and threatened species management.