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Wednesday 31 October 2012

Creative Garden

Creative Garden Project

In the spring term we began to design and make a garden for The Den. After clearing brambles from a large area we started to plant bulbs and seeds to provide flowers for the garden and food for the bees.


Led by a Student Ambassador there were some garden design and planting workshops 




We dug a flower bed to create a wildlife border to encourage bees 


 and then we had a hilarious time adding manure (horse poo) which was smelly and sticky



Everyone had a chance to join in the design of the garden and each person had a chance to make a presentation of their ideas and then a collective decision was made, taking elements from each design


We planted some seeds for the garden in a cold frame


The soil is nice and healthy with plenty of wriggly worms


Then we went to the Garden Centre to choose Bee-loving plants that had a cheerful mix of pinks and red colours


 and a Bee loved the soooo much it came and landed on them! 


 after we had made the wildlife bed, we took delivery of a lorry load of turf and we began to lay he lawned area which was an instant transformation!


Its going to be a great space - so calm and pretty


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