Riverton permaculturists Robyn and Robert Guyton attended the festival yesterday to talk about their practice, and pupils from The Terrace School took part in enviroschools activities.
Enviroschool co-ordinator Steve Brown said activities throughout the week with different schools from the area fitted with the festival and enviroschools theme of cherishing the environment.
Workshops with schools had included speakers talking about projects to save the kiwi and the Department of Conservation Project Gold effort to restore and protect kowhai trees in Otago.
Terrace School pupil Mat Johnson, of Alexandra, said his school group at Pioneer Park yesterday had created a mission statement artwork.
The mural, a ''work in progress'', featured painted koru and would include the mission statement ''satisfaction from success through effort''. It would be displayed outside the school's office.
Mrs Guyton said she and her husband presented a workshop on permaculture to about 15 people.
Permaculture is a form of gardening or agriculture which involves using types of edible plants, and often no lawns.
Mrs Guyton said her 6000sq m garden in Riverton featured about 100 fruit trees, 300 types of berries and hundreds of herbs and vegetables.
