A Nantwich environmental group is working with school pupils to transform a garden area on a South Cheshire housing estate.
Volunteers with Greenspaces South Cheshire CIC have taken up residence in the Community Bungalow on the Sherborne estate, in Crewe.
They have been working with two Year 12 students from Sir William Stanier Community School on the Sherborne Urban Garden project, aimed at providing off site education and training in a ‘real world’ environment.
The team, formed in 2009 after the end of the Nantwich Riverside Project, has been transforming the back yard of the Community Bungalow into an “urban market garden” to produce low cost healthy fruit and vegetables.
Youngsters involved, Callum Garratt and Liam Hulse, are developing a business plan for their urban garden joinery products.
Planters at the site are already hosting onions, garlic, broad beans and runner beans, with more to come when the weather warms up.
Sue Crum, Wulvern’s regeneration manager, said: “We have been working in partnership with Greenspaces for over two years now and are really pleased they have chosen to take up residence at the heart of the Sherborne Estate, helping us deliver our regeneration goals to grow green, clean and vibrant communities.
“We are hoping the current project continues to develop and grow new shoots.”
James Thompson, executive director of Greenspaces South Cheshire CIC, added: “We are delighted with the support we have received from our project partners and with the commitment and enthusiasm that the students have shown towards the initiative.
“We are currently waiting to hear of potential future funding from another source to enable the partnership to roll out the project to a wider audience, so fingers crossed.”
Greenspaces members include chairman Jeff Stubbs, also of Nantwich Civic Society, and Doug Butterill, of Nantwich in Bloom committee.
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