A new wildlife garden has been opened to the public at Staffordshire Wildlife Trust’s headquarters.

Stafford-born television nature presenter Mike Dilger visited the Wolseley Centre at Wolseley Bridge.

Pupils from St Mary’s Primary School in Colton, near Rugeley, were invited along to join in the ceremony with the BBC Springwatch presenter.

The youngsters also planted sunflowers in the new garden with Mike and created a collage of pond creatures for him.

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A new wildlife garden has been opened to the public at Staffordshire Wildlife Trust’s headquarters.

Stafford-born television nature presenter Mike Dilger visited the Wolseley Centre at Wolseley Bridge.

Pupils from St Mary’s Primary School in Colton, near Rugeley, were invited along to join in the ceremony with the BBC Springwatch presenter.

The youngsters also planted sunflowers in the new garden with Mike and created a collage of pond creatures for him.

Mike went on to his home town to deliver a lecture in aid of the trust at the Gatehouse Theatre. The garden has been created as part of a campaign to encourage those with small or more traditional landscaped gardens to be able to take ideas from the trust garden for use at their own home.

Plants include a mix of garden and native and are relatively easy to purchase throughout the UK.

The trust moved to the centre four years ago after raising £100,000 to finance the move from its old offices in Sandon to the 26-acre site, which is part of the former Wolseley Garden Park.