Today was Earth Day, which coincided with our Eco Action Day, and the sun shone for us! What a busy, productive day!! With the help of many parents and family, we managed to:

• create 4 raised beds ready to plant vegetables
• fix the bug hotel
• re-varnish the bird feeder and fill it with food
• create a willow tunnel
• tidy the courtyard and use the masses of moss from the floor to fill out the bug hotel
• clean, paint and plant up the tyres in the garden
• create a vertical pallet garden
• renovate one of the benches (done by Barry in advance and brought back to the garden today)

Pretty impressive!! And the additional success moment today was opening the door to the brick outhouse which has been nailed shut for over a decade! We had lots of ideas as to what we might find inside…and what we found was a table tennis table, pool table and lots of posters.

We also received many plants and compost, donated by South Logie nursery – many thanks to them!

In return for all their hard work, our volunteers were treated to a plate of home-made stories, lovingly made by Mrs Grant, who also made sure there was plenty of tea and coffee for our team of workers.

And whilst the adults worked away and improving our school grounds, the children helped or played and had a lot of fun.

A huge thanks to all who came along, and especially to Louise Reid who played a key role in organising the day. It really was a super, community day that has had an already massive impact on the grounds. I very much look forward to our next Eco Action day!