What can we do with a rather dark and miserable part of the school grounds? One of the children started the thinking by remarking that we were a school by the coast...the idea of a coastal garden was born.
The next step was to research what could go into the garden - what actually is a coastal garden?
The children collected a host of images and sifted through magazines, holiday postcards and talked to grown ups. A vision seemed to emerge from this research and the next step was to invite in a design expert. Cue Vincent Mount from Portsmouth City Council. He talked through the design issues and suggested the class visit Portsmouth Park and Ride (wow, what a trip!) The class took his advice and armed with cameras and clip boards visited the Park and Ride and Southsea Rock Gardens to collect more information about the features and plants that typified these environments. The Park and Ride showed the children who large sweeping grasses could give the idea of beaches and coast.
The children then sketched out ideas and came up with a class plan which is now being put into action...
So far we have shovelled up the shingle to the place we want it to be. We have conditioned the soil for the base of the garden. The first grasses have been planted around the base of the silver birch trees. The pallets need to be dug in to form a boardwalk and feathery grasses will be used to soften the edge.
Adam and Flo 5R.
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| Preparing the soil for planting beneath the Silver Birch. |
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| Many wheel barrows make light work! |
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| Wish this had an engine |
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