Planting

 Yesterday  my class  went to Lake Gem to do some planting. We were  planting with  Summit Forest.  When we got there we gathered around, and were told about what we were doing and what plants we were planting.  We planted on the top and sides of this hill. The plants we were  planting were mānuka, kānuka, harakeke (flax), cabbage trees, karaka and houpara. All of these plants are native to New Zealand. A way that we were told how to tell mānuka and kānuka apart, was that mānuka was spiky and kānuka was softer.¨Mean mānuka¨ and  ¨kind kānuka. After that we went over to where we  were planting and got started.  At first one of my friends would dig a hole and I would plant. But after a while you just looked for a hole and planted a plant there. It was sometimes a bit hard to get the plant out. You also had to be careful when you were walking around cause there were lots of plants everywhere and they were also small. Once we had finished planting we were given ice blocks from Summit Forest. They were delicious! Then we had a little picnic in front of  the lake which was super cool. Once we finished our nice little picnic it was time to go home, so we got all of our gear, packed up and gave Summit Forest a big thank you. It was a great day!