Green Garden of Brynnau Unveiled
May 27, 2009 Next Page »
Last week Brynnau Primary School and the community got green fingered as they came together to celebrate the development of their community garden.
Pupils, parents and other volunteers from the community were involved in the design of the garden, which will now enhance the local environment. The garden will make a lasting improvement to the local environment by supporting activities that create and sustain a collaborative commitment to caring for the environment.
Various workshops were held during the week which saw the children make their own willow arbour, create wildlife homes and build an eco-greenhouse out of plastic bottles. The children also planted sunflowers so that the seeds can be used to feed the wildlife during the winter months.
The Community Garden, which is the second phase of the school’s Tidy Towns initiative was brought to light when the school and the community it serves adopted a neglected allotment area adjacent to the school grounds. The project has developed a community garden, which includes an orchard, fruit bushes, vegetable patch, quiet seated area, a small pond, recycled greenhouse, willow arbour and a polytunnel.
The first phase of the project involved litter picking the public footpath, developing a log circle in the woodlands and a commitment from the school to maintain this area.
Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, Councillor Eudine Hanagan, said: “The project has been an extremely successful vehicle for strengthening partnership and collaborative working with the school, RCT Environmental Services Street Care Team, Brynna Allotment Society, the Youth Club and the community. It is hoped that the garden will be fully used by the community.”
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