Diocesan News
Environmental insights: Creating a school garden
A group of parishes in the border area of Clogher Diocese has been busy creating a garden and prayer resource for local schoolchildren. The project at Belleek Primary School is to create an outdoor learning space and prayer garden where children can grow their own vegetables and flowers and also have reflective prayer space. Many of the younger children from Garrison, Belleek, Slavin and Kiltyclogher attend the primary school and their rector, the Revd Rebecca Guildea, is a member of the Board of Governors.
To help fund the project, Rebecca ran the equivalent distance from her rectory to the school (four miles) some 40 times last autumn with a target of raising £500. However, her efforts were so successful that she raised more than double her target figure! She also received a grant from the Board of Education (Northern Ireland). Now the new garden is being transformed from a rundown activity area by volunteers, with the installation of raised beds to grow sensory plants, a pond and seating area and a wildflower garden for the children to enjoy.
For further information please contact:
Diocesan Communications Officer, Clogher
07708 869823
Mr Brian Donaldson
clogherdco@btinternet.com