With the year coming to an end and the warm weather gone for a while, the gardening club is looking to tidy up the school grounds. The willow structure is looking like it has a pretty wacky hairdo at the moment and the children will be taming it so that the new growth in the spring will continue to cover it. The children have weaved some of the branches into the structure and will continue to do it until it can hold it's own shape.
Although many plants will not grow during the winter, a few children have planted some broad bean seeds so that they get a head start. We are also trying some tomatoes, peas and taken cuttings from the rosemary bush in the courtyard.
Some children also helped to make some bug habitats for the courtyard. Cutting up bamboo canes to 15cm lengths and then tying them together with string and hanging up.
Bug boxes provide snug, safe places for insects to hibernate. They are especially good for lacewings and ladybirds. These two species are very important in the garden as lacewing larvae and adult ladybirds and larvae consume insect pests. They avidly devour aphids! Solitary bees may also hibernate in a bug box.
Why not have a go at making one at home!
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