Transitional Education students Lulu and Akasha collected and arranged native flora from the college gardens to decorate the staff lounge earlier this term. Each arrangement was accompanied by a card and expression of gratitude.

Lulu and Akasha were inspired to complete this act of kindness by Grace, the lead character in , “Grace has a Secret”, a picture book co-authored and illustrated by one of our teachers, Pip Ray.

Although the pair set out to complete the act of kindness anonymously, teachers who were very humbled by Lulu and Akasha's kind gesture wanted to reciprocate and the act of gratitude by saying thank you publicly.

We are very fortunate at Don College to be surrounded by native gardens that provide an aesthetic and peaceful setting for learning.

Below: The book that inspired Lulu and one of the floral arrangments brightening the staff room.