Our heritage is about passing on and sharing stories.

Our garden has books chosen by the children; some they have taken from our school library where over the years children have enjoyed reading them. Some are from the local thrift shop where a group of children chose a few books that related to their childhood and where they live.

We put an old chair in our garden to represent someone sitting reading stories. We have used an old suitcase and a box to plant in, this represents the storing of old books and toys in the attic.

Our rain chain represents the silver thread celebrating 25 years.

Our garden is wildlife friendly because we have used wildflowers that attract butterflies and bees. We like that the grass is becoming wild and there are places for bugs and insects to live and hide.

We have planted edible plants like chives, nasturtiums, borage, dandelions and marigolds. We can use these when we cook at Forest School. We like to make tea and flatbreads with chives.

We reused old pallets, wood, an old chair, old books, plant pots, an old suitcase and we used plastic bottles to make butterflies. We reused old bunting and drew butterflies on it to decorate the pallet.

We have learnt to use plants that already exist in our environment and also that we maybe planned for too many plants!

Our favourite parts were working together. We enjoyed laying turf. We enjoyed planting all the plants. We loved being outside and being in nature. We liked figuring out how to make the rain chain work!

Challenges were when we were transplanting plants they didn’t survive! Also when it was really dry and hot, it was a challenge to keep the turf watered and growing.

We were supported by a The Healthiest Town volunteer, Susie and she really helped us with the growing of some of the plants and gave us great advice.

Our Pocket Garden will stay in our grounds, and we can’t wait to see it grow and change through the seasons.