Gardening gang have been working with some of the outdoor learning committee on a design for a Keep Scotland Beautiful competition to create a One Planet Picnic Pocket Garden. This is a miniature garden the size of a pallet which includes edible food with wildlife gardening and recycling/sustainability themes. After some initial sketches from the children, Arlo from P3’s idea for a farm theme was chosen. Several P3s and P6s helped with more ideas for that theme and this Friday, Jamie from Torwood Garden Centre in Falkirk very kindly came into school to look at our designs and help us with ideas for the planting. Our design, beautifully put together by Mrs Pitman-Ross, is ready to be submitted next week – see picture – if successful, we’ll be asked to built it and display it at Gardening Scotland but even if we don’t get chosen, we hope to build it at school. We also had a bird feeder installed, bought with some of the money raised at the Welly Walk last year, so thanks to all who took part in that. We’re looking to make some recycled bird feeders to hang on it with the children over the next few weeks – thanks also to those who donated old plastic bottles.