{"id":44801,"date":"2024-08-09T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/gallery-rouxville-primary-students-learn-sustainability-through-hands-on-gardening-20240806\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T06:44:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T04:44:22","slug":"gallery-rouxville-primary-students-learn-sustainability-through-hands-on-gardening-20240806","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/gallery-rouxville-primary-students-learn-sustainability-through-hands-on-gardening-20240806\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouxville Primary learners learn sustainability through hands-on gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rouxville Primary School\u2019s Environmental Club, led by Grade 6 head Almar\u00e9 van Zyl, has been teaching learners about sustainability and organic farming since May last year. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The club, which includes learners from Grades 4 to 7, meets twice weekly to plant, compost, and work with recycled materials. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The initiative aims to expand their garden and eventually sell produce to the community, reinvesting the money into the garden.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not only vegetables and herbs growing in the expanding garden beds at Rouxville Primary but also knowledge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grade 6 head in charge of the school\u2019s Environmental committee, Almar\u00e9 van Zyl, says it all started last year May with an initiative to teach the grade 6 learners about sustainability and growing one\u2019s own food.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school\u2019s environmental club now includes learners from Grades 4, 5, and 7 (the intermediate phase). The club meets twice weekly after school. Getting hands dirty is part of the fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Zyl says things started with plenty of help and knowledge from Alex Duff of Food Basket for Africa who once was a farmer in Zimbabwe. The children were interested from the get-go and excited to start planting\u2009\u2013\u2009and eventually harvesting, she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though they are not there yet, they aim to provide produce to sell to the community. \u201cThe money will go back into the garden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Zyl says everything is done organically. \u201cWe don\u2019t kill anything. They learn to work with nature.\u201d Besides vegetables and herbs, they also plant plants to assist with pollination or deterring pests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several long-term goals such as putting up tunnels and exploring aquaponics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSoneike High School got involved about two months ago. 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