Rushden community garden built by students and wildlife trust

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A college, wildlife trust and shopping complex team up to create a food garden for community groups.

The Trust said the community garden was already making a huge difference to the local communityConstruction students have teamed up with a nature reserve to grow wildlife-friendly plants and herbs for community food initiatives.

Moulton College in Northamptonshire has worked with the county's Wildlife Trust on the new community garden project at the Rushden Lakes shopping complex.Carpentry lecturer Alan Turner said it had been "a fantastic opportunity for students to get hands-on experience". It follows on from last year's Gateway Project which saw students team up with North Northamptonshire Council and others to deliver heritage-themed planters in the shape of a train.

Over the last few months, a group of Level 1 and Level 2 carpentry and bricklaying students, based at the college's campuses in Northampton and Higham Ferrers, have created new furniture and carried out maintenance work at Rushden Lakes and the neighbouring

 

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