Encouraging Young People
The Wee FIBbees
In March 2008 we were delighted to be offered use of a greenhouse and small garden area belonging to Moray Council to be our base. The group was formed and it was decided to call it The Wee FIBbees (the Wee Forres In Bloom bees) because they are the young members of Forres in Bloom and they are always busy looking after Beautiful Forres. In addition gardens would not exist without bees and Forres in Bloom will not exist in the future without the efforts of the young folk of today.
Tasks completed throughout this year:
- Maintaining beds and containers with Spring and Summer bedding
- Planting vegetables and eating produce
- Designing and making panels for the new fence in their garden
- Incorporating some of their artwork in consistent interpretation boards throughout the town.
- Continue to develop the stumpery using fallen tree roots
Schools in Forres participate in the Keep Scotland Beautiful ECO Schools campaign with considerable success, Applegrove and Pilmuir achieving a Green Flag.
- Anderson’s Primary Garden Club looks after beds outside the school with support from Forres in Bloom
- Pupils from all three primary schools plant barrels near their schools
- One bed at the Royal British Legion has been designed and planted by Forres Academy Additional Needs Base. They chose to plant vegetables f or cooking lessons.
- Pupils from Forres Academy Additional Needs Base have gained Saltire Awards for their work with Forres in Bloom
As part of this initiative all schools encourage recycling of materials such as paper, cardboard, plastics, glass bottles, printer cartridges and vegetable waste.
A range of projects have been undertaken including:
- Growing vegetables and fruit and experiencing the process from planting to cooking and eating
- Regular litter patrols within their own school premises and in their localities as part of National Spring Clean and citizenship projects
- Creation of wormery and composting green waste
- Creation of logpile and provision of bee, bat and bird boxes to encourage biodiversity
- Installation of water butts for watering beds and boxes
- Planting seeds to attract butterflies, insects and birds to school grounds
- Creating a wildlife garden
- Planting willow features: tunnel, arbour and fedge
- A commitment to reduce energy and water consumption and reduce use of chemicals
- School Travel Cards to encourage ‘Walk to School’
"Mwaka wa 2008 tulifurahi sana kwa kuwa tulipewa nafasi ya kutumia kijani kibichi na bustani ndogo inayomilikiwa na Halmashauri ya Moray kuwa makao yetu.""" "Kama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, ""Wee Forres"" ni jina la winywaji wa Wee Forres, ambao ni wachache sana katika jamii ya Forres, na ambao wanafanya kazi kwa bidii na kwa bidii." "Kwa kuongezea, bustani hazingekuwepo bila nyuki na Forres in Bloom hazingekuwepo katika siku zijazo bila juhudi za vijana wa leo. """ Kazi zilizokamilishwa mwaka huu: - Kudumisha vitanda na vyombo na vitanda vya majira ya kuchipua na majira ya joto - Kupanda mboga na kula mazao - Kubuni na kutengeneza paneli kwa uzio mpya katika bustani yao - Kuingiza baadhi ya kazi zao za sanaa katika bodi za tafsiri thabiti kote mjini. "Kama vile, kwa mfano, katika ""Keep Scotland Beautiful"" kampeni, shule za Forres na Applegrove zilipata bendera ya kijani." Klabu ya bustani ya msingi ya Anderson inasimamia vitanda nje ya shule kwa msaada wa Forres katika Bloom - Wanafunzi kutoka shule zote tatu za msingi hupanda mapipa karibu na shule zao - Kitanda kimoja katika Royal British Legion kimebuniwa na kupandwa na Forres Academy Additional Needs Base. Walichagua kupanda mboga kwa ajili ya masomo ya kupika. Shule za Forres Academy Additional Needs Base zimepata tuzo za Saltire kwa kazi yao ya Forres in Bloom, ambayo ni mpango wa kuendeleza matumizi ya vifaa kama vile karatasi, makaratasi, plastiki, chupa za glasi, cartridges za printer na taka za mboga. "Miongoni mwa miradi hiyo ni: kukuza mboga na matunda na uzoefu wa mchakato kutoka kwa kupanda hadi kupika na kula; kutembea kwa kawaida kwa taka ndani ya shule zao na katika maeneo yao kama sehemu ya ""Mvua safi ya kitaifa"" na miradi ya uraia; kuunda mazingira ya kuchimba na kuhifadhi taka za kijani kibichi; kuanzisha ""mashimo ya maji ya maji"" na ""mashimo ya ndege"" ili kuvutia vipepeo, wadudu na ndege kwenda shule; kujenga bustani ya wanyama wa porini; na kuimarisha matumizi ya kemikali."