A NEW African keyhole garden has been created at Bitham Brook Primary School.
The gardens are based on a Global Garden Project to enable waste food to be turned into compost which then fertilises the soil. Children will be growing vegetables which can then be used in the school kitchen.
Volunteers from Danone Baby Nutrition donated time, energy and raised funds to help create gardens, assisted by Jane Talbot from WISE in conjunction with Barters Plant Centre in Chapmanslade,
The volunteers worked in all weathers to transform an area of the school grounds into an excellent vegetable garden with eye-catching keyhole gardens.
David Ross, headteacher, thanked all the volunteers for giving their time and hard work to help the children understand about recycling and growing.
Kim Gates, who managed the project for Danone Baby Nutrition, said, ‘We are delighted to be helping the children at Bitham Brook Primary School by creating innovative garden spaces for them to learn about healthy eating and about how things grow. As a nutrition company, this is at the heart of what we do.’
Picture: Pupils planting seedlings in the new African keyhole gardens
