The project launch

With the Centenary of Milbourne Lodge School just months away, this seemed the perfect time to launch our latest, and most ambitious , whole school project to design and build a Centenary Garden within the school grounds. The project is led by Mrs Bawden, Head of Art and Mrs Cary, Head of ICT who will be encouraging pupils not only to design, cultivate and care for the garden but also to document their work using sketches, paintings, photographs, time-lapse photography, film making and this collaborative blog as well as a variety of other IT related resources.


Milbourne Lodge has joined the RHS Campaign for School Gardening which encourages and supports schools to create and actively use their school garden as a classroom for learning. Pupils will be aiming to achieve all five benchmarks in the scheme by the end of this Autumn term.

Already, just a few days into the new term, pupils have been introduced to the project and have chosen the first of two locations – for a vegetable garden (known as a Potager Garden) – as well as preparing the soil, and building the raised beds.


This marks the start of what will be a hugely exciting campaign : and we have been thrilled to learn that many pupils are already pretty knowledgeable about the subject of gardening, and actively involved in growing fruits, vegetables and flowers at home or in their own allotments.