Wildflower Seed Planting Workshop
Continuing on from the “Nature” theme of the Mental Health Awareness Week (10th-16th May), we have been looking into further ways to extend our opportunities for planting and growing within the nursery setting.
One of our staff team members came across this advertisement for a local workshop at the Stornoway Trust Plant Nursery, and it was thought that it would be a fantastic community project for the nursery to get involved in. The staff member attended the workshop, learning about wildflowers, and engaging in the planting process by mixing soil and sowing seeds in order to begin the plug-planting method. The workshop was really interesting and informative and a great way to get involved in a project that is developing and enhancing areas in the local community!
Picture from the Stornoway Trust website –
We have now arranged for the Head Gardener to visit us to do a talk where the children at nursery will have the opportunity to engage with staff to participate in planting wildflower seeds. Some of the pots will be taken to the polytunnels up at the Plant Nursery and we will also be keeping some at nursery in order to water them, tend to them and watch the germination process over the coming weeks. We will then be arranging to plant these out into the Castle Grounds in order to help in the regeneration of several wildflower meadow areas. These garden areas will be enjoyed for years to come and the children in our nursery will be able to look back and recall that they helped to plant the wildflowers!
