This time it's me and Breigh. The Southland Express ran this little story yesterday and I've copied it out below.
Gang HQ idea comes to fruition
BY LEEANA TAMATI
ONE Rimu School pupil's innovative idea has won her apple trees to start her own little orchard in the school.
Breigh Stanley (10) originally won Invercargill businessman Louis Crimp's competition to decide what to use the patch of land, at Clifton, the former Mongrel Mob's headquarters was on.
Her idea, to grow a communal orchard, won the $1000 prize Mr Crimp was giving away, but the orchard did not go ahead because he wanted to give the land to charity.
Local organisation Open Orchard's Robert Guyton said he heard of Breigh's idea and offered to help her out to make and orchard at her school.
Open Orchard aims to bring back harvesting trees into Southland, he said.
Mr Guyton was at the school last week helping plant the trees and showing the children how to care for them.
The pupils had been very welcoming of the idea he said.
"The kids have been great.
"They've done all the preparation themselves and they've been digging all the holes themselves.
"They've made an excellent effort."
Breigh said she thought of an orchard after she went to the harvest festival at Riverton.
"I really do enjoy gardening.
"I also thought that in the area the house was, in that part of town, the community might not have helped each other out before, so I thought it could be something to bring them together."
