Our heritage is represented through our school houses. We wanted to show the school houses that we are in; Keith, Manson, Chrystal and Forsyth. These houses are named after famous former residents of Oldmeldrum. 

• William Forsyth was a founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society.
• Patrick Manson was a founder of the field of tropical medicine which is why we have planted lavendar.
• George Chrystal was a Scottish mathematician and we considered ways that pattern and symmetry in math could be replicated in our castle of plants.
• William Keith was born in Oldmeldrum and became an artist famous for landscapes of California. He inspired us to use our artistic skills to paint slates to decorate the castle of plants.

Our school emblem is an otter and we are excited that we could make an otter from old corks and have that on the castle.

We had a tricky challenge when we built the castle structure in a classroom then realised we couldn’t get it out of the room to the spot where we were going to plant the flowers. We had to unscrew some sections to be able to fit it through the door and carry it out to the playground. We were then able to use the drill again to screw the pieces back in.

Our garden has been put in a part of the school grounds where everyone in school can see it and where it is protected. We will be able to watch the plants grow and change and keep adding to the castle as we maintain it, and add to it. Our next year of P6’s will be responsible for looking after it.