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The Butterfly Garden - a project for
students with learning difficulties,
as well as for those looking to escape the world and those looking
to re-enter it.
Children & students with learning difficulties, or those with
behavoural problems, can learn through acquiring gardening &
land skills. Set in a quarter of an acre of land. The Butterfly
Garden boasts a vegetable plot, raised beds (for easy cultivation),
a polythene tunnel and an area of lawn enclosed by flower and shrub
borders. A large pond and wildlife area compliment the space. The
garden is serviced by a network of wide tarmac paths. A barbeque
and patio, a wild bird feeding station together with a domestic
chicken pen add further diversity to the provision.
To offer greater flexibility the garden boasts two classroom spaces.
One is a traditional thirty seater classroom and is equipped to
offer a teaching space in rough weather (and it is hoped will eventually
support art, craft and drama as well as gardening). The other is
in the form of an open highly shaded pergola and will guarantee
generous and safe working accommodation through hot weather. 150
square metres of commercial greenhouse have also been adopted for
plant raising in which we teach gardening skills.
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