Last weekend, The Bishops Interact Club walked down to the Liesbeek River Garden site for a short but productive session of weeding, raking and tidying before stopping to mark the official opening of The Hyslop Garden.

 

The garden is named in honour of Mr Peter Hyslop, the previous head of the visual arts department and teacher in charge of The Interact Club. Mr Hyslop has given and, in his retirement, continues to give of his precious time and effort towards the benefit of Interact and Bishops as a whole. He is the person responsible for the establishment of The Liesbeek River Clean-up Initiative at Bishops which has become such a great success.

 

The boys welcomed Mr Hyslop with great pride as he ceremoniously cut the red ribbon to officially open The Hyslop Garden. A specially-made sign was put up at each entrance which contained a bible verse chosen by Mr Hyslop: “So it was: the earth yielded fresh growth. Plants bearing seed according to their kind and trees bearing fruit each with seed according to its kind: and god saw that it was good.”

Genesis 1:12

 

The boys enjoyed some snacks to mark the end of a successful and joyful day in the garden!