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Project Title:: Interpretive Panel for "Real" Garden
Initiative:
School Name:: Barrington Municipal High
School board / First Nations school jurisdiction:: Tri-County Regional School Board
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City:: Barrington Passage
Province/Territory:: Nova Scotia
Community Partners:: GOMI- Maritime Coordinator for Gulf of Maine Institute
CSIBA - Cape Sable Important Bird Area, organizes student and adult 'Nature Camps' and has also partnered with us for six years.
Retired Royal Canadian Navy, has informed our group about unique local rock formations, tides and the impact of tidal surges.
Barrington Municipal Council Members and the Town of Clark's Harbour Council Members give their support and are impressed with our students enthusiasm.

Interpretive Panel for "Real" Garden

Barrington Municipal High School has a very active environmental club since 2006, we have just recently received the Gulf of Maine Visionary Award. One of our key projects is the REAL (Restorative Environmentally Aware Landscape) Memorial Garden. This is an innovative idea of not mowing and letting the native plants be restored, of which we have identified over 90 varieties. This area becomes an 'outdoor classroom' and a great 'biology lesson'. Local community groups and individuals are interested in and able to access this area. Considerable work has been done to plant shade trees and provide 'rock' seating in this area. There is also further expansion of a 'walking trail' on our school site which also becomes an outdoor classroom. Both of these areas, in order to reach their potential, need interpretive signage.