The junior sections sunflowers are really helping the wildlife garden to attract insects, and look colourful too!
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First sunflower
The junior section planted some sunflowers earlier in the season, and the first one had started to bloom.
Potato Harvest
We had an early harvest from the BBC wildlife gardens before we broke up for the summer. We picked out all the potatoes, and cooked and ate them.
Farley mount challenge
Various challenges took place in Farley Mount, including building a shelter.
How does your garden grow?
The wildlife garden is developing well, and we’ve just added a new raised vegetable bed. In the first, we’re growing potatoes and raspberries; the second will be used by the anchor and junior sections. The compost we bought was kindly discounted by George Beckett nurseries. We’ve also cut a section or turf away to form a bed for wild flowers to grow, including wild flower seeds provided free by Kew Gardens and cosmos and poppy seeds from Brian’s garden. We’ve also placed our “certified wildlife garden” sign from the (American) National Wildlife Federation to show that the area is designed to attract as much wildlife as possible.
Reindeer
Three teams, three Christmas reindeer made from balloons…
The judges (leaders and parents) voted that number 2, the big yellow reindeer, was the winner (by just one point)!
Sparklers
The seniors organised a special evening themed around fireworks, including, of course, sparklers.
