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July 6, 2010
Wulvern garden project is top of the class

Staff from local affordable housing provider, Wulvern, swapped their pens for shovels to help a Crewe school with a top class garden project.

Wulvern, who work in partnership with Sir William Stanier School on a range of projects including a Construction course, helped Year 10 students from the drawing board to fruition to ensure the garden satisfies the cross-curriculum needs of the school. 

Working in small teams, the green-fingered volunteers embarked on different projects including landscaping, fencing and turfing to transform a section of the school grounds into a garden with science study and allotment area with raised beds where produce grown will be used by BTEC Food Technology students.   Future plans include a quiet reflective garden area for the whole school community and after-school garden club.  This will involve putting in a bark pathway, pond, log seating area, lots of wildflowers and other plants as well as a range of butterfly houses, insect nests and bird boxes, to help the local wildlife flourish.

Construction Course tutor, Mr Andrews explained “Although hard work, this fantastic six month project has enabled the students to get to grips with the great outdoors.  The garden will encourage pupils to enjoy the natural world and learn where food comes from it also fits perfectly with imaginative teaching of other subjects.”

Jan Melia, Wulvern’s Regeneration Officer said, “Both staff and students enjoyed the day and worked really well together.  The garden will be a tremendous boost to the whole school”.

The team would also like to say a big thank you to students from Sir William Stanier’s BTEC Food Technology class who provided lunch and to Wulvern’s partner contractors;  Keeble Heath who sent a couple of their own employees with diggers to prepare the ground, Cruden Construction and Travis Perkins who generously donated a range of materials.