YOUNGSTERS at a Pendle nursery school have their very own adventure garden.

Staff, parents and children at Woodfield Nursery School, Sefton Street, Brierfield, have been working since 1990 on the development of the garden in the school grounds.

Before they started work it was a little-used, partly derelict area

Now it is a haven for wildlife with a pond, hedgerow, trees, flowers and play equipment.

Headteacher Sue Boardman said: "It is an attractive and exciting place for children to play and learn about the environment and develop caring attitudes about living things." The project was started with a £500 grant from English Nature and there have been several smaller grants from other bodies. The nursery has also raised funds itself.

The project has been entered for this year's Lancashire Evening Telegraph Grimewatch awards.

There are categories to suit all sorts of projects from landscaping schemes to recycling initiatives.

For details contact Grimewatch co-ordinator Lynn Schofield by telephone on 01254 678678 ext 244, by fax on 01254 680429, or by e-mail on grimewatch@aol.com

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