More Mud, Sweat and Cheers

28 July 2009

Fermanagh celebrates 21 years of practical conservation work by starting a new nature garden project at Moat Primary School in Lisnaskea.

The mud came when volunteers moved 5 tons of soils in the rain to build raised beds. The sweat flowed pushing 15 tons of gravel up the hill in wheelbarrows on one of the hottest days of the year. The cheers came at the end of the week when the first phase of the garden project was finished and opened by former pupil of the school, Northern Ireland Minister Arlene Foster MLA.

The celebrations were completed with the school singing Conservation Volunteers “Happy Birthday” and lots of pavlova and cream.

During her visit, the Minister witnessed the children helping to add compost and bark chip to the garden. She watched as the younger children topped up the new path with gravel, using their seaside buckets and little wheelbarrows.

The school has been given a