Our winning Dragon’s Den presenters

Last term our children pitched their ideas for a ‘learning garden’ at a Dragon’s Den style competition which was part of an enterprise project between local primary schools. The Dragon’s Den panel were so impressed with the way the children talked about the plans, and how the ‘Learning Garden’ idea built on and developed what we already had, that we won! The garden is being funded with the prize money, some lottery funding and also with money raised by the children through their Enterprise fund raising activities.

At the end of last term, we purchased some plants and planted up a herb garden (smell), a Buddleia garden to attract butterflies and other insects (sight), and a vegetable patch with runner beans and leeks (taste). This term we hope to complete our ‘touch and hearing’ garden with a range of textural plants and a water feature (our outgoing Year 6s very kindly donated some money to go towards the water feature).

The hot weather certainly kept the children busy with watering the plants which Mr Cooke kindly took over during the Summer Holidays. All their efforts have paid off and the garden is really taking shape and looks great!