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Little
Green Space
News
release
For
immediate release: Monday 21st May 2012
Contact:
Richard Bunting. 07753 488146; richardbunting@littlegreenspace.org.uk
Pictured:
Penny
Bunting from Little Green Space, Head Teacher Simon Gostick and pupils
from Lea Primary School after planting the new wildflower meadow.
Mini
wildflower meadow for Lea Primary School
Award-winning
environmental project Little Green Space has helped to create a new mini
wildflower meadow at Lea Primary School.
Penny
and Richard Bunting visited
the school on Friday 18 May, and together with
parents and pupils sowed a wide selection of wildflowers – including
cowslip, ragged robin, corn poppy and lady’s bedstraw.
“It’s great to be able to contribute to the inspiring steps being
taken at Lea Primary School to develop the school grounds and further
improve outdoor learning opportunities for the pupils,” said Richard
Bunting from Little Green Space.
“Children really benefit from being able to get outdoors and experience
nature. The mini meadow will attract and help pollinators such as bees and
butterflies, and once fully established it will look stunning.”
The
pollinator-friendly meadow was prepared alongside a recently renovated
pond in the school’s wildlife garden. Some
11 square metres of turf was removed to reduce the fertility of the soil,
and then the wildflower mix – which was donated to the school by Little
Green Space – was sowed by pupils. The removed turf will be used to
create compost.
The
gardens and grounds of Lea Primary School include a wide range of
wildlife-friendly areas and sustainable living features including
vegetable beds and chickens.
As part of its Bee Alive campaign, Little Green Space is planting
wildflowers and other pollinator-friendly plants in different locations in
the Peak District and Derbyshire Dales.
British bee numbers have fallen dramatically in recent years. Problems
include loss of habitat – including some 97 per cent of British hay
meadows over the past century. This
is bad news for people too, including because bees pollinate 75% of our
crops and foods.
For more information, please visit www.littlegreenspace.org.uk
or follow Little Green Space on Twitter @LGSpace.
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