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| FINISHED AND WE'RE PROUD OF IT: Time for the children of Sidemoor and Meadows schools, who built the two waste' gardens at the show, to take a bow for their efforts. |
SCHOOLS in Bromsgrove were asked to design a garden using the contents you might find in a builder's skip - and two of them came up trumps.
The results of their efforts were on display at the Malvern Spring Gardening Show at the weekend.
The emphasis of the competition was to re-cycle or re-use as much as possible and Sidemoor First School, created War on Waste' - which won them joint first prize with Meadows First School.
They featured a tank created by using a builder's skip. Water was pumped, using an old bath as a reservoir, down the gun barrel using physics, solar panels and pressure.
The derelict garden was created using rubbish and weeds found on an old dump
Meadows School, created Little Miss Sustainability' which featured a delightful house made from a skip.
| “This was a fantastic project. The children enjoyed it, especially meeting the public at the show.” | | Meadows’ head teacher, Sarah Day. |
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The original planting should have been small wild flower meadows but because of the wet weather the planting had to be changed. All of the fence and pathways were created from old pallets, the compost was recycled green waste, as was the bark.
The pupils, aged from seven to nine years, and their teachers, worked hard alongside Btec students and volunteers from competition organisers, HBG Construction, to create the gardens.
"We're delighted," said Sidemoor head teacher, Catherine Shearwood. "It all fits in well with our being an eco-school and we have our own eco-club."
And Meadows' head teacher, Sarah Day, said: "This was a fantastic project. The children enjoyed it, especially meeting the public at the show."
4:11pm Tuesday 13th May 2008
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