Finishing Touches

On Tuesday 1st May, we all returned to the meadow to see if the grass and flowers had finally started to grow and to add some finishing touches. We are so close to being finished now!

On arrival, we were so relieved and excited to finally see lots of green green, rather than mud! The grass and wildflower seed has actually started to grow. It was nice to finally see colour and a range of different wildflowers growing amongst the grass. All of the waiting was finally starting to pay off!

One idea that we had during the planning stage of the project was to create wind chimes to hang in the reflection area of the meadow. Recently, we have all been collecting resources that could be used to create the wind chimes. Georgia had collected some tin cans, Natasha had collected some bottle tops and Lizzie had collected some old keys. As a group, we started tying these resources onto string and then Natasha put them all together to create some amazing wind chimes! We took these to the meadow and attached them to the trees surrounding the meadow area and they work so well. Its lovely to hear them jingling in the wind.

Late last week, Lizzie popped by the school to drop off some resources and ingredients for the gardening club so that they can make their own bird feeders that can also be attached to the trees in the meadow. We are looking forward to seeing them when they are finished and helping the children to tie them to the trees. We really want to bring as much wildlife to the meadow as we can.


Georgia will be visiting the school again later in the week with Carl the carpenter to install the tree seat which has been built and is waiting to be brought to the meadow! It has been painted to match the reflection benches and hopefully will fit perfectly. We really can't wait to see it installed! Everything is finally coming together.

Hopefully now the weather will start to brighten up, which will encourage more flowers to bloom, adding even more colour to the meadow. The next time we visit, will be the final time as we have now reached a stage where it is time to hand over the meadow to the school for good.