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A class above: Pupils from class 3M in St. John's School, Highbridge help out during the planting day

BUDDING gardeners got their hands dirty at three wildflower planting days last week, held at Apex Park in Highbridge.

Pupils from Beechfield School, King Alfred School and St John's School in Highbridge helped to restore different wildflowers to the Apex meadow last Wednesday and Thursday - with Highbridge Guides also helping to plant seeds last Saturday.

The event was organised by Friends of Apex Park Improvements Group and Sedgemoor District Council.

Types of flowers sewed into the grounds included angelica, meadowsweet, ox-eye daisy, cow parsley, tufted vetch, hemp agrimony, fleabane, marsh thistle and pendulous sedge - planted as part of the Apex Friends Group's £9,000 regeneration project for the park.

The project involves creative conservation to restore native wildflowers to the grounds in a bid to increase the diversity of wildlife in the parklands. The schoolchildren involved in the project had the opportunity to learn more about wild flower meadows.

Rebecca Skews, teacher at St John's School in Highbridge, told the Weekly News: "It was brilliant, the children really enjoyed it.

"Our science project is called Helping Plants to Grow, so it fitted in nicely with that.

"We went over in September to plant seeds and the children could see how they shot up - it gave them a real sense of achievement."

9:23am Wednesday 30th April 2008

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