Our garden shows our heritage through language and farming. We are proud of speaking Doric and our North East farming history. We visited the Garioch Heritage Museum in Inverurie and saw how people used to live and work. We learned about "Nicky Tams", which were straps farm workers wore to stop rats climbing up their legs. We used that idea in our garden by planting potatoes in an old pair of jeans and tying Nicky Tams round the legs. We even listened to a bothy ballad about it!

We learned about farming and when to plant different things. We also learned how to use tools safely. It was fun learning about old farming ways and how farm workers used to make up songs to pass the time.

It was fun working together to build something from scratch and seeing it come to life.

We had some problems with time because it was hard to get everything to grow quickly. To fix this, we planted fast-growing wildflowers. Some staff helped by growing turnips in greenhouses at home. Also, our tyres didn’t fit side by side so we stacked them, which made it hard to plant onions, so we used smaller plants instead. Because of the dry weather, our classmates helped with watering. 

We firstly thought that we could get the trousers to stay open with a hoola hoop but this didn’t work so we came up with a solution that included recycling some old plant supports.  Can you spot them?