Community Frog Ponds

Have you ever considered creating a frog pond as a community effort in a communal setting such as a school or social centre?

Rosalie Primary School has recently played host to a PEAC group headed by teacher Kirsteen McCrory who have made creating a frog pond a fabulous learning experience which also gives back to the school community.

The children involved in the project researched all aspects of healthy frog pond requirements and put together proposals and plans for their vision of a perfect frog environment. These proposals are on display in the Rosalie Primary School Library (Onslow Road, Shenton Park). They are marvellous sources of all things frog pond and include costings of materials required to finish the project.

They recieved funds from the Rosalie Primary School to purchase materials like pond liner, plants and fish, and then all mucked in to help dig, fill, plant and generally create a wonderful frog pond in the school grounds. It is complete with a bog for attracting Slender Tree Frogs, lots of logs and rocks for shelter, and plants to keep the water healthy.

Calinda from Woodvale Fish and Lily Farm was a fantastic mentor for this project. She provided expert advice on the right plants for a healthy water system, and lots of other useful information, as well as ultimately being very generous in donating goods when budgets ran low. You can visit their site at www.woodvalefishandlilyfarm.com

I’m hoping to have the clever kids from PEAC as guest bloggers soon, to give us their insight on creating a community frog pond. Please send your comments if you have had any experience in this type of endeavour. We would love more stories about communities coming together through frogs.

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