CALLINGTON Community College opened its doors and invited green-fingered parents, friends and neighbours to join the school gardening group, as part of the Royal Horticultural Society's (RHS) Get Your Grown Ups Growing project.

The national event was organised by the RHS as a way of encouraging grown ups to help their child's school to get gardening. Hundreds of pupils, parents and teachers across the nation got together by holding a Get Your Grown Ups Growing event.

The college believes it is important to provide young people with the access to a garden area or allotment plot.

The college has one on site as well as one in the community, providing students with an opportunity to learn about their environment, enjoying fresh air and understanding where their food comes from, while also helping and supporting their local community, as all the food grown in the two allotment plots goes to support the local food bank.

Sam Day, Learning In the Natural Environment (LINE) co-ordinator at the college, said: 'Everyone had a lot of fun, not even the rain dampened their moods and they still managed to work on both plots.

'The majority of parents that supported the event were very keen to have this as a regular event and were eager to continue to support the college and the students' development of the plots.'

The RHS Campaign for School Gardening believes that gardening can boost a child's development, teach life skills and make youngsters healthier and happier.

A spokesperson for RHS said: 'We hope that grown ups attending the events across the country will be inspired to stay involved with their local school's garden and support its development in the longer term.

'It's a great way to bring the community together.'

The college expressed thanks to all the students, parents and friends of the college that spared time to support the event.

If there are any parents or friends that are keen to support the college with developing the students experience of outdoor learning, contact Sam Day at [email protected]">[email protected]