Top prize for school garden
Pupils at a Shrewsbury primary school have won a national award for transforming a neglected corner of their playground into a wildlife garden for butterflies, birds and creepy-crawlies.
The Holy Cross Primary School, in Wenlock Road, is one of just five winners from more than 1,000 entries from across England and Wales in the Environment Agency Action Earth competition organised by volunteering charity CSV.
Their garden was built by members of the school's Really Wild Club at the instigation of parent Hilary Clarke.
Governor Chris Perry said: "When I came back after the summer holidays, the first thing that greeted me was the happy smiling faces of our sunflowers.
"We've got some fruit and veg that we have grown there, and the idea is that whatever was grown in there would get fed back into the school kitchen to come back out to the children.
"We've got bird tables and we've got a little seated area made of tree stumps, which is a quiet area where children can go to sit and think.
"I think the children are absolutely thrilled to bits with it, because they can see the change there, and a number of them were hands on in planting up the garden."
Environment Agency chairman Sir John Harman said: "The campaign is a great way for schools and communities to learn about protecting and improving the environment and have some fun at the same time."
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