Recent research carried out by the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) found that almost three million people have taken up gardening as a past time since the beginning of the pandemic. To encourage this further, local housebuilder Barratt London has donated 300 seed bombs to pupils at Hackbridge Primary School, local to its New Mill Quarter development on Hackbridge Road.
Seed bombs, also known as guerrilla gardening or seed balls, are a natural seeding technique to create a mini meadow of flowers. Each seed bomb is a tiny individual ecosystem, encased in sustainable compost to protect the native wildflower seeds from predators such as birds and ants, whilst giving them the much-needed nutrients for the beginning of their lives.
Pam Reardon, Sales and Marketing Director for Barratt East London, comments: “Coinciding with Spring, we are excited to get this campaign underway in partnership with Hackbridge Primary School. The seed bombs are a fun way for children to get excited about gardening and bringing new life to their outside space.”
Rachel Norton, the ECO Schools’ Lead at Hackbridge Primary School said: “It’s very important we encourage our students to explore the outdoors and the ways they can enhance the nature around them. The seed bombs were given to our Eco warriors – representatives in each class we are champions for the environment – to take home. They can’t wait to see the plants and flowers that grow as a result.”
Barratt London is building 440 new homes at New Mill Quarter, a few miles from Hackbridge Primary School. Forming part of Hackbridge Gardens, a scheme transforming the million-square foot site of the former Felnex trading estate, the development itself will feature living walls and podium gardens, with nearby running and cycle trails through the 143-acre Beddington Park.
For further details about Barratt London or the new homes available at New Mill Quarter call 0330 057 6666 or visit www.barrattlondon.com.