Pupils and parents celebrate new primary school garden in Shropshire border village
Pupils and parents and a primary school on the Shropshire/Stourbridge border have been celebrating their new peace garden – paid for with a grant from an energy firm.
The new garden at Corbett CE Primary School in Bobbington was paid for by funding providing by gas firm Centrica.
The energy company provided not only the cash to renovate the garden at the village primary school, but also provided a team to cut back the overgrowth and plant new shrubs.
And on Friday parents and pupils got stuck to put the finishing touches to their garden to the new green space digging out a hedge, cutting back, replanting, slabbing and re turfing areas so the children can access and enjoy it as they celebrated the grand opening of their new 'Peace Garden'.
Headteacher Emma Jones said the day was also spent commemorating VE Day.
She said: “We were absolutely delighted to have received a grant from Centrica, who not only gave us the money to redevelop the area, but also we had a team of volunteers from them along with some fantastically dedicated parents to clear out all the overgrowth.
“We have named out new garden space our 'peace garden' so it seemed a really great idea to remember how important peace was as well as enjoy this beautiful space as well.”
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