School’s garden project is a gas...

SCHOOL pupils in Howden have had a helping hand from staff at local gas companies to create a wildlife garden.
By The Newsroom
Published 9th Jun 2011, 11:14 BST

Pictured are, background, Cameron Downes-Hall and Jamie Coult , both eight; foreground: Lizzie Gill, aged eight; Sarah Meakin, customer liaison officer at Northern Gas Networks; Gemma Emir of Morgan Sindall; and Kiera Owen, aged nine.

Howden Junior School received a Lottery grant of £1,500 last year and spent most of it installing an eco-pond, but needed help to complete the garden.

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Northern Gas Networks, which had spent £135,000 fitting new gas mains in the town, lent a team of workers to help, clearing hazardous waste and creating a range of features including raised planters from recycled gas pipes.

Picture: Simon Dewhirst

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