The gardening club were very busy this Monday decorating the raised beds in the sensory garden. Pupils painted each bed with pictures to represent the different sense that each bed is designated for.
The beds are looking very attractive now,with the thriving plants and the clourful illustrations.
Meanwhile Mr Scrimshaw and a group of helpers put up the shed in the allotment grounds. Another group of pupils were planting bedding plants with Mrs Coutts.
Every Monday 30 pupils, ranging from P2 to P6 have been working hard in the gardening club, helped by some parents and staff. They have got a lot accomplished in just a few weeks!
Some have marked out the boundaries of the new allotment, and helped in putting up posts.
Others have helped to fill the raised beds in the sensory garden with soil. The beds are designed to stimulate different senses; sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. The gardeners have planted leeks, parsley, rosemary, sweet peas, marigolds to name but a few. With the warm weather and rainy showers, the plants are growing well and starting to become quite colourful.
Over £700 was raised at the recent coffee morning at the Stewarts hall, in aid of the Gordon Primary allotments! The money will go towards developing the new allotments on the school grounds. The new allotments were designed by Heather and Brogan in Pp6. The design consists of raised beds, along with fruit trees and bushes, surrounded by a fence.
An enthusiastic group of pupils, parents and staff have formed an Allotment group who are meeting on Mondays after school to develop the allotments. Their first task is to design and plant up the sensory garden. This consists of 5 raised beds containing plants to stimulate the five senses; taste, small, touch. hearing and appearance. Already the beds are planted with chives, marigolds, sweet peas and broccoli, to name but a few.
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