Woodford Children Get Set To Grow
Pupils from Woodford Primary School, now have the tools to create their own kitchen garden. They will plant fruit and vegetables in the school grounds.
Woodford Primary School opened in September 2022, initially offering 30 reception class places along with 20 places for pre-school pupils. This summer Woodford Garden Village developers Redrow have donated a class growing kit to the new school on the development near Stockport.
As part of Redrow’s Get Set Grow initiative, the gardening equipment, seeds and planters have been provided to several schools across the North West to encourage children to grow their own food and establish an interest in the outdoors from an early age.
Head of Woodford Primary Elise Drake said: “We’d like to say thank you to Redrow from the whole school team. The resources in the kit are amazing, and will certainly help with establishing our new forest school. It is very much appreciated.”
Included in the kits are bamboo plant pots, watering cans, cotton gardening gloves
fork, trowel and rake sets and a host of rainbow vegetable seeds from peas, carrots and radishes to courgettes, cucumbers and tomatoes.
Anna Evans-Kerr, sales director for Redrow (NW), said: “The children at Woodford Primary School have shown a real enthusiasm for growing their own fresh produce and we hope the equipment can be used year after year. It’s been a real privilege to be able to support the school with their outdoor leaning curriculum as they set up their brand new forest school.”
