A CREATIVE peace garden designed by primary school pupils is to get a brand new addition thanks to a generous donation from the Rotary Club of Saddleworth.
St Anne’s Lydgate Primary School unveiled their Peace Garden in July, offering a calm place of reflection as well as a multi-sensory and educational environment for pupils.
It boasts a friendship area, a reading area and space to plant wildflowers, which are looked after by the school’s gardening club.
And now a new water feature is to be installed after pupils Imogen Payton, Grace Marshall and James Lomas impressed the Rotary Club with a presentation to secure the funds.
Barbara Howse, Vice-President Elect of the Rotary Club, visited the school with treasurer David Howse and past presidents John Ainley and Doug Greenwood to donate £500.
She said: “We were so impressed by the presentation that we decided to donate £500, which is a lot more than we usually give to one project.”
Mr Ainley added: “It is fantastic to see what the children have done to the space and we’re so pleased to contribute.”
The overall cost of the water feature is around £900 so events will be held to fundraise the remaining money.
The £15,000 peace garden was made possible thanks to a £4,700 Awards for All Grant from the National Lottery along with donations from Love Lydgate and Greenfield and Grasscroft Residents Association, Saddleworth councillors and local businesses as well as school fundraising.
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