Springwood Heath Primary School received £1,500 from Redrow to start a garden project to grow fruit and veg.
While Covid halted the original plan to join up with a local retirement home to grow plants, the school then decided to allocate ownership of a 6ft planter to each of its classes.
Lorraine Brislen, who is part of the school’s support staff, has been leading the project, said, "The idea is that each planter will contain something different so when the children move up the school, they will learn about a new plant."
“With Redrow’s donation we purchased eight planters, top soil and equipment like trowels, gloves, and spades.”
The planters are also accessible for pupil who have disabilities or medical needs.
“As a fully inclusive school with provision for many children with diverse needs, we were thrilled for some of those children to be so involved with the project and offer them such a great new experience” added Lorraine.
As well as growing everything organically, the children have been taught about the importance of bees and the school also wants to use the fruit and vegetables in recipes to give to the children.
Our donation to Springwood Heath was via a £10,000 Allerton community fund shared between local groups and good causes. The voluntary fund is in addition to our statutory obligations linked to the 100-home Allerton Gardens development, off Woolton Road, in Allerton.
Anna Evans-Kerr, sales director at Redrow North West, said: “We’ve helped a wide variety of causes through our community fund and this one really stuck out because education around sustainability issues is so important today. I love the fact that each class has their own planter and letting them take ownership of something from an early age will also teach them about responsibility too.”
The final properties now remain at The Groves at Allerton Gardens. To find out more about The Groves call 0151 3915585.
