St. Mary's Green Team's collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria to save the critically endangered Craspedia Canens is yielding positive results. Most of our 36 plants have already flowered and all are healthy. Students will fit the flower heads with organza bags in the coming weeks to collect the seeds. Our scientists in training have taken weekly readings of soil temperature and pH along with recording plant development and monitoring for damage. This information is then uploaded to the RBGV. Tash Van Velzen, RBGV outreach officer and facilitator of the program, has praised St. Mary's students' dedication to the project, their team work in building and filling the garden beds and their accuracy in reporting. I am extremely proud of all the enthusiastic students who have volunteered their time to rescue this species. 

Jess Uldrich (Sensei)