Zelenjavno-zeliščni ekovrt v zelenem šolskem atriju

Pred štirimi leti smo na naši šoli v zelenem šolskem atriju, ki je odmaknjen od ceste, ustvarili zelenjavni-zeliščni ekovrt.  Pri tem nam je stal ob strani Inštitut za trajnostni razvoj (ITR), ki uspešno širi vseslovenski "Program šolskih ekovrtov". Idejno zasnovo vrta je za naš šolski prostor izdelala permakulturna učiteljica Jožica Fabjan.

Vrt vključuje eno veliko visoko gredo, gredo na ključ in štiri gomilaste grede. Prednosti visoke grede so, da se znotraj visoke grede sprošča z razgradnjo organskih snovi toplota in lahko pridelamo zgodnejšo zelenjavo, hitrejša proizvodnja humusa, ki omogoča rodovitnejša tla, manj sklanjanja ter večja obdelovalna površina. Za izdelavo grede smo v glavnem uporabili organski material iz okolice šole in zemljo, ki smo jo izkopali pri pripravi grede.

Šolski ekovrt nam omogoča, da lahko nekatere ekološke koncepte, ki jih obravnavamo pri pouku, neposredno opazujemo tudi na terenu, v ekovrtu.

Pri vzdrževanju vrta sledimo temeljnim načelom ekovrtnarjenja:

Sadimo mešane posevke, da zmanjšamo pojavnost plevela in škodo na pridelkih na račun škodljivcev in povzročiteljev bolezni.

Za zastiranje uporabljamo slamo ali posušeno travo, ki pomaga pri zadrževanju vlage in preprečevanju prehitre rasti plevelov.

Organske odpadke zbiramo in jih kompostiramo. Zbiralnik za deževnico nam služi za čim bolj trajnostno gospodarjenje

z vodo. V vrtu ne uporabljamo kemično-sintetičnih pesticidov kot tudi ne

kemično sintetičnih mineralnih gnojil.

Ponosni smo na to, da smo v lanskem šolskem letu bili tudi dobitniki znaka Šolski ekovrt, ki ga podeljuje ITR. S tem smo se zavezali, da bomo tudi v prihodnje upoštevali temeljna načela ekovrtnarjenja, na katera nas v vrtu opozarja tabla na okrasnem kozolcu.

Na Dan biotske raznovrstnosti (22.5.) smo "ekovrtnarji" sodelovali pri zasaditvi biodiverzitetnega vrta v urbani Ljubljani. Dogodek je organiziral Inštitut za trajnostni razvoj v sodelovanju z Mestno občino Ljubljana.

Uredili smo zeleno površino, ki se nahaja pred Dijaškim domom Tabor ob pešpoti na Vidovdanski cesti v centru Ljubljane.

Sodelujoči: Dijaki Gimnazije Šiška, 2.F – Arne Golob, Enej Novak, Nejc Šuster in Darko Jukić. Pri tem dogodku sta sodelovali še dve srednji šoli in tri osnovne šole.

A Vegetable-Herbal Eco Garden in the Green School Atrium

Four years ago we created a vegetable-herbal eco garden, which is in an off-road green school atrium. We had the support of the Inštitut za trajnostni razvoj (Institute for sustainable development), which is successfully promoting the all-Slovene »Program šolskih ekovrtov« (School Eco Gardens Programme). The garden concept for our school was made by the teacher of permaculture Jožica Fabjan.The garden includes one high-raised bed, one raised bed on the key and four mound raised beds. The advantage of a high-raised bed is the heat that is released inside the bed during the decomposition of organic matter; consequently, we can produce vegetables sooner, the production of mould which enables fertile ground is quicker, there is less bending down, the area we work on is larger … .For the preparation of the bed we have used mainly organic material from around the school, and soil we dug during the preparation of the bed.The school garden enables us to observe some ecological concepts we learn about at class directly on ground, in the eco garden.Maintaining the garden, we follow the basic principles of eco gardening: We plant mixed crops to reduce the occurrence of weed and damage on crops due to

different pests and diseases. For covering we use straw or dried grass, which helps with retention of moist and

prevents fast growth of weed. We collect organic waste and compost it. The rainwater collector serves to manage long-term water usage. We don't use chemical-synthetic pesticides or synthetic chemical fertilizers in the garden.We're proud of the fact that in the last school year we were also awarded the School eco-garden sign by ITR. Thus, we committed ourselves to continue to respect the fundamental principles of eco-gardening, of which we are reminded by the panel on the decorative hayrack.

On the Day of Biodiversity (22.5.) we, "eco-gardeners", participated in the planting of the biodiversity garden in urban Ljubljana. The event was organized by the Institute for Sustainable Development in cooperation with the Municipality of Ljubljana.

We arranged a green area, which is located in front of the Student home at the footpath on Vidovdanska road in the centre of Ljubljana.

Participants: Students of High School Šiška, 2.F - Arne Golob, Enej Novak, Nejc Šuster in Darko Jukić. This event was also attended by two middle and three elementary schools.