The drpgroup's support services team recently spent a day landscaping the garden and green space of local school, The Fairfield Community Primary School.

Following recent remodelling of the Worcester based school, the garden area was left unfinished and with funds unavailable to carry out the necessary work, the drpteam stepped in. The team sourced donations of plants, compost and equipment from local businesses and gave up their time to complete the project.

The Fairfield Community Primary School sits in one of the poorest catchment areas in Worcester making it difficult to source funds to complete the project. The garden was to be both an environmental enrichment for pupils and a learning aid, giving children the chance to look after the garden themselves.

The drpteam used their contacts in the local area to acquire donations on behalf of the School with Wilkinson's donating vital tools needed to complete the project and Webbs of Wychbold supplying 10 bags of compost free of charge. Webbs of Wychbold also offered a generous discount on all other plants the team bought there.

The team designed, built and planted a low maintenance but high impact garden for pupils to enjoy ensuring that the plants chosen would provide some colour all year round. The garden was remodelled in one day with the morning seeing the drpteam carry out the groundwork before The Fairfield Community Primary School children came out in the afternoon to help the team plant the garden. The finished project now provides the school with a focal point for science lessons, acts as a quiet place for older pupils to relax and enjoy their break time and has inspired the creation of the school's very own Gardening Club.

April Pearson-Myatt, drpgroup financial director, led the team on the day and commented, "The Fairfield Community Primary School is an extremely worthy cause and it has been fantastic for me and my team to assist them in completing this project. Working with the pupils has been a wonderful experience and it's great to know that this space will help them enjoy their environment even more and learn from it as they tend to their new garden."