Green Butterfly Award - 2011 Award Winners

The 2011 Awards were held on 16th November, at the Pitcaple Environmental Project. Awards were presented by Cllr Martin Ford.

Winners for 2011

The winners of this years Green Butterfly Awards at the AGM.


List of Green Butterfly Winners 2011 (in alphabetical order)

Alehousewells Primary School

HT Mairi Manson - Focal points Classroom assistants Michelle Morrison and Ann Rae - 161 pupils - In the limited space available, the school Garden club has run for a couple of years and has been composting since the start of 2011. The garden is arranged in raised beds 1m square - a 'garden rota' has been established to cope with high involvement demands, and the pupils aim to grow fruit and veg for use in the school. Composting of material including all food waste is run by pupils who maintain records, produce graphs etc - raised pupil awareness reducing levels of food waste.

Kemnay Academy

HT Dr Hunter - Lead Teacher Martin Bayliss (RMP) Has been operating a school garden for two and a half years; the produce is sold in staff room and on 'open days' (unable to use in canteen due to contractual limitations). Have run a composting pilot for the past year accepting 30 kg/week of waste food, additional unit will double throughput - end product will be used within school garden - the first batch of 'home grown' compost is now ready!. Pupils involved are undertaking practical works in all aspects - learning about sources of food and environmental aspects plus a degree of fundraising activity.

Pitcaple Environmental Project

A partnership between the charity PEP Ltd and Aberdeenshire Council, the Pitscurry site comprises a wide range of environmental works including: Community composting site - Recycling from waste wood to make fuel and kindling - Gardening for wildlife, with bee-keeping - Demonstration of sustainable technology including biofuels - Production of organic fuel and vegetables - training opportunities offered as part of these activities - Registered as a site for curricular excellence exercises. Pep is always looking for volunteers!

Rayne North Primary School

The Only Apple on the Tree

HT Graeme Mollison - 41 Pupils - Rural location An area of ground adjacent to the school was cleared of several large Sitka spruce; since then the area has been used as an outdoor classroom to raise the environmental awareness of the children, developing the grounds for wildlife as well as vegetable gardening, composting and establishing a wormery. Their garden produce is sent home, or used in weekly cooking sessions - apart from the one apple on the tree this year (shown) which was unfortunately stolen! A range of local provenance native species trees and shrubs have been planted and a bog garden developed. As part of their RSPB Bird-Friendly Schools Award, the senior class watched a brood of blue tits being reared in the spring after installing a nest-box camera, other nest boxes have been established and birds are regularly fed. Other projects include rearing salmon from eggs to fry for release, and raising sheep for market.

Tarland Development Group

Compost Collection Day

Established Tarland Community Composting. This project provides a fortnightly garden waste collection to households in the village of Tarland. The waste is then composted at a local site, thereafter being distributed locally for horticultural purposes. Previously, much of this waste was driven by individuals to the landfill site in Banchory. Residents of Tarland now have a more environmentally sound option for managing their excess garden waste. The project recruited 70 members in its first year, has involved 25+ volunteers and is now well established.