Our school green is first of its kind
The Opening of the living wall at Slatergate Junior School Doncaster ,
IT WOULD take some lawn mower to look after the latest feature to be fitted at one of Doncaster’s primary schools!
But staff at Saltersgate Junior School, in Scawsby, have been promised they will be shown how to care for ground-breaking green wall, believed to be the first of its type at any school in the UK.
The ‘living wall’ was unveiled as part of an official ceremony to mark the completion of a £2.3 million redesign and refurbishment of the Barnsley Road school.
It uses harvested rain-water from the roof which is mixed with fertiliser and is drip-fed electronically to the plants.
A Doncaster Council spokesman said: “The roof installer is training up staff on how to look after the wall.”
As well as being a striking architectural feature, the 98 square metre living wall helps to insulate the building, makes the best use of surplus rain-water from the roof to water the plants, and is said to have a positive effect on the natural environment.
The school’s pupils have been involved in its creation, will help look after the plants, and will use the wall as educational area studying the different plant types and insects.
Great idea I think! I love the idea of the wall becoming a vertical green study area. It's sparked off some ideas about vertical indoor gardening and their possible application in the classroom. Thinking.....
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