Annual Giving 2009

The beautiful gardens and grounds of Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak have always been welcoming and significant in providing creative learning and reflective spaces for our School. To continue the improvement of our grounds we are developing specific areas imaginatively and mindful of the long term need to save and use wisely a precious resource - water.

The next stage of our Grounds Improvement Plan includes:

• The re-design of The Glade (formerly The Gully and The Grotto) into an outdoor learning and recreation area for our students. This will involve landscaping, paving, seating and screening to enhance the use of this space.

• The continuation of the School’s strategies for its conservation of water.  We will further develop our water harvesting measures to future proof the gardens against the expected continuing reduced rainfall. This will assist in ensuring the survival of our School’s aesthetic landscape.

• The progressive direction of harvested rainwater to our kitchens and to our bathrooms for toilet flushing, hand basins and showering whilst modelling for our students the prudent conservation of water.
 
To undertake these projects we need the participation of the whole School Community in giving generously.  I therefore invite you to support our School through our Annual Giving Program for 2009.

Dr Susan Stevens
Principal

Image: “The Gully” Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak c.1920s