Local school gets composting

Kids from St Mary’s Bluecoat Primary School in Bridgnorth have been getting into gardening and composting following a talk about recycling from local Councillor John Hurst-Knight. 




















Pictured above are pupils Jack Coley, Jack Farmer, James Lannigan, Kai Embrey, Abigail Swinnerton, Phoebe Hadley, Ellie Cartman.

Recycled compost bins from the www.shropshire.getcomposting.com range were provided from ex-display stock by the Council.  The school were also supplied with seeds, gardening kit and six bags of Pro-grow compost (which is a peat-free growing medium made from local authority garden waste) sponsored by Veolia. 

The children are really keen gardeners and they meet every Tuesday after school and the kids said that they will use the new equipment to improve their skills and to grow plants which they sell on at their local Co-op store to raise funds for the school.  So now all in all the school is well and truly sorted out for gardening now and as a spin off a new social enterprise selling their produce has been born. 

The school head was really pleased with it too as she noted that not only would their be income from the plant sales but they by composting their food waste on site they will save money on their waste collection bills and also it will help towards their eco-schools status.