Summer Garden Project - Success!

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The Summer Garden Project
(Article from the Salford Advertiser, 2006)

It might be summer holidays but that hasn't stopped a group of pupils turning up at school for a hard day's work. The youngsters spent a day last week at Radclyffe Primary School in Phoebe Street, Salford digging, planting and shovelling to transform a disused courtyard into a garden. The children are all members of the Pyramid Club, a charitable organisation that works with primary school children who are experiencing social and emotional difficulties.

They provide after school activities in several Salford primary schools designed to boost their self-esteem, social skills and emotional resilience. Coordinator for Pyramid, Penelope Hart, said: “There's always been a courtyard in the school but it was disused and it didn't have any flowers or anything. “The children wanted to develop it and make it their own garden and the headteacher was more than happy for us to go in and help them to make it their own space. “This has made the courtyard a special place for the children to go to within the school and it will also enable them to have made a difference to the school, further boosting their self-worth. “It will also be something that can be added to by children attending Pyramid Clubs at Radclyffe in the future.” Teenagers from voluntary group, Young Volunteers, also gave a helping hand. Gardening equipment and plants were donated by Salford Families, Groundwork Tameside, Garden Needs Nurseries and Garden Centre and Buile Hill Garden Centre.