School project to take spotlight at Chelsea Flower Show
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Fyvie Primary School are set to feature at this week's RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
Pupil's took part in National Children’s Gardening Week’s schools gardening competition managing a runners-up place.
The result means their entry will be part of the Helping Children Grow exhibit at the prestigious horticultural event.
The exhibit features in the discovery zone of the Great Pavilion at the show. The exhibit promotes National Children’s Gardening Week (NCGW), which takes place between May 25 and June 2 and is co-ordinated by the Horticultural Trades Association and supported by National Garden Gift Vouchers (NGGVs).
A competition spokesman said: "Schools were invited to take part in a square metre gardening competition to get more children gardening and outside enjoying nature.
"To get involved in the competition schools simply needed to create a square metre plot for pupils to grow seeds or young plants in.
"They then shared pictures of their plots and the benefits their pupils get from school gardening on NCGW’s Facebook page."
As part of their gardening project the Fyvie Primary School children worked in teams, built resilience, learned about plant life cycles and what plants need to grow healthy.
They also learned to care for plants, taking responsibility and learning about healthy eating, food miles and seasonality.
The award for the best school garden went to Ysgol Pen Y Bryn in Colwyn Bay with a prize of £250 NGGVs to spend on their next school gardening project.
The other two runners-up were Dame Dorothy Primary School in Sunderland and Edward Francis Primary in Rayleigh.
An additional prize of £100 NGGVs went to St Patricks RC Primary in Sunderland for its work with a local hospice.
The winners’ efforts along with all the entrants will be on show via digital display on the Helping Children Grow exhibit. The display also features fun and inspiring projects such as edible planters, a pizza wheel, runner bean tipis and a wildlife hotel.
