BUDDING young gardeners have created their own motorway services - out of fresh fruit, herbs and vegetables.
Imaginative children at Bruche Primary School unveiled their unique allotment at the RHS Flower Show in Tatton Park.
Pupils spent months painstakingly nurturing seeds and plants at their school gardening club.
Youngsters came up with the novel idea of designing ‘Tea Tree Services’ because all plants provide a service.
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Teaching assistant Alicia Dignan-Smith, who led the project, said: “All plants provide a service, a home for birds, mammals and insects, food for all creatures, shelter from the sun, a drink from its produce and somewhere to rest.
“All these wonderful features have been created within our school allotment.
“It is a garden of resilience.
“Everything in our garden is made from recycled, old, broken and unused items.
“There not a piece of single use plastic.”
A seasonal smoothie bar is made up of strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants, crab apple and rhubarb.
Children even planted nasturtium and calendula to help attract pests away from destroying the fruiting crops.
Old guttering pipe was used to protect the fruits from slugs.
Tomatoes, cucumber, spring onions, radishes, dwarf beans, snap peas, chilli peppers and lettuce provided a fresh salad bar.
A selection of herbs included chives, rosemary, sweet marjoram, parsley, chocolate mint and thyme were grown to add flavour and scent.
Nasturtium kept the pests away.
A bug hotel was designed to give creepy crawlies somewhere to rest.
A bird’s nest was placed high in a tree and a bath was provided to keep bees and butterflies hydrated.
The Tea Tree Shop consisted of various herbs including chamomile, lavender, lemon balm and mint to provide refreshment on long journeys.
“The children made bees and butterflies out of pasta,” said Mrs Dignan-Smith.
“Pasta is a carbohydrate. Adult bees and butterflies turn sweet nectar from flowers and sugary foods into carbohydrates for energy.
“Our hexagonal path represent the shape of a bee’s honeycomb and a wasp’s nest, with glass beads to represent the larvae laid by the queen bee.”
The Bruche allotment is one of 17 created by schools across Cheshire and is on display at the RHS Flower Show until Sunday, July 24.
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