St Peters Garden Centre in Worcester opened a community garden commemorating soldiers from the Worcestershire Regiment on Thursday this week, 16^th July.

The event was attended by local dignitaries and many military representatives as well as children from the local Norton-Juxta-Kempsey First School, following a competition. The focus for the competition was on designing a garden that would commemorate the Norton Barracks and the soldiers of the Worcestershire Regiment and was part of a 4 year programme of education and information projects. The winning design was then transformed into a special garden built at St. Peter’s Garden Centre.

As part of the celebrations St Peters had also created a super display of the Gardman cast iron poppy bird feeders which are being sold to raise money for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.  “We are selling 200 a week at the moment,” Will Blake, told GTN Xtra, “so we are on target to sell all of the 4,000 we have ordered and raise £8,000 for the poppy appeal.”

The poppy charity fundraising as part of the poppy appeal was started by Anthony Gould at Goulds Garden Centre in Weymouth last year and for 2015 is a Choice Marketing initiative.  If any other garden centres wish to get involved please contact Lolly Lee at Gardman: l.lee@gardman.co.uk

Pictured:  St Peters General Manager, Will Blake and Garden Centre Manager, Chris Schofield admire the garden just prior to its official opening.