Research reveals that 90% of children are now spending more time outside since the first lockdown started, highlighting the increasing importance of outside spaces for mental wellbeing as well as for physical activity.* With this in mind, Barratt Homes has donated a selection of daffodils, tulips and other bright flower bulbs to Bolnore Primary School, located a few minutes’ walk away from the housebuilder’s Wychwood Park development on Rocky Lane in Haywards Heath.
As bulb planting season begins this autumn, the children have been busy potting their bulbs in their playground. Once acclimatised to the soil, the bulbs will go on to flower in spring 2022. The bulbs will provide a source of nectar, seeds and cover for the wildlife who live there, and will help to educate the children on the importance of protecting the local environment.
Kimberley Benson, Sales and Marketing Director for Barratt Southern Counties, comments: “As a sustainable housebuilder, we aim to help local school children learn how to provide habitats for local wildlife that are going to remain for many future generations to look after. We are glad that the children enjoyed planting the bulbs and we hope they bring colour and encourage further wildlife to the school’s outdoor space in the forthcoming spring.”
The school councillors at Bolnore Primary School add: “Thank you for donating the bulbs to our school, they will look beautiful in our new garden. The garden is very important to us and we use it as part of our outdoor learning. We walk past our garden on the way to our playground, it is really lovely looking at it and seeing all the colourful flowers and plants.”
Barratt Southern Counties is building its Wychwood Park development in Haywards Heath, where a collection of three, four and five-bedroom homes are available. Prices start from £399,995 for a three-bedroom hom
