School’s Gardening Club Gets
A Helping Hand From Lazylawn
Green fingered school children in Swindon are spending more time outdoors after their wildlife pond area received a
LazyLawn make-over.
The UK’s largest artificial grass brand has
Lee Giles, the local licensee, said: “We’re
LazyLawn’s artificial turf has appeared in
transformed what was a soggy, overgrown
proud of the way the new wildlife pond
Selfridges, JD Wetherspoon, Center Parcs
and unsafe area for the children, into a
area looks, and we’re finding more schools
and the Big Brother garden, and has been
wildlife haven at East Wichel Community
like East Wichel School are interested in
installed at thousands of schools and
Primary School in Swindon.
getting a LazyLawn for themselves.
nurseries up and down the country.
Children in the Gardening Club, which
“Because it’s low maintenance and mess-
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runs every Monday after school, can now
free, it’s a perfect area for the children to
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enjoy exploring the wildlife after 30 square
play on all year round.”
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meters of its popular Wonder Yarn 26 was
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installed. Sleepers were also fitted around
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the edge of the pond, which has provided
a safe platform for the children.
Wendy Kirton, Chair of Fundraising for East
Wichel Primary, said: “Most of the rainwater
from the school field seemed to end up
near the pond, meaning it was inaccessible
and unsafe for the children to use.
“As I have a LazyLawn in my garden at
home, I approached the local licensee, Lee
Giles who kindly donated the turf for us.
“The children absolutely love the new
wildlife pond and they are currently
working on a bug hotel as their next
project. We would definitely recommend
LazyLawn to other schools because it’s
practical and low-maintenance.”
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