Hedgerow by Pond

Today in Eco Club about fifteen of us went out to look at progress on the allotment. The edges of the beds are just being put in and next week will see topsoil being delivered and hard-standing and paths constructed. Having waited all this time its quite exciting seeing progress being made. We hope to have the allotment up and running soon after the Easter holidays.

We then went to dig up our hedgerow plants that came from the Woodland Trust two weeks ago. We had planted the plants in all together in their wrapper as we did not have time to plant them at first. Today we planted them as an 8 metre hedgerow along the edge of the pond. We look forward to the week after Easter when the pond itself is due to be planted out.

Allotment starts to grow

Our Bushloe Big Green Grow allotment project got under way today as construction on the fence began. Over the coming days we look forward to seeing the raised beds being constructed and the hard standing areas put in. You can check back here over the coming days for further updates and click on the Big Green Grow page to view the plan.

Sunflowers

Today we prepared the sunflower seeds to be given out to year 6 on Monday. The Sunflower scheme is part of the Oadby and Wigston in Bloom scheme which promotes flowers throughout the area. Year 6 pupils are invited to plant the sunflowers in their front gardens. We will be running a competition for the tallest!