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 Pinkwell Primary School local to its Hayes Village development on Nestles Avenue.

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.

Ed McCoy, Sales and Marketing Director for Barratt West London, comments: “Coinciding with Spring, we are excited to get this campaign underway in partnership with Pinkwell Primary School. The seed bombs are a fun way for children to get excited about gardening and bringing new life to their outside space.”

Karen Brown, Business Manager at Pinkwell Primary School said: “We are very keen to encourage our students to explore the outdoors. This donation is an exciting new way to enhance the natural beauty in our school gardens. We are working this year with the children and their parents to build our fields into areas where they can grow and develop their gardening skills, these seed bombs will mark the start of this.”

Barratt London is building over 1,500 new homes at Hayes Village in Hayes, just over a mile away from Pinkwell Primary School. Residents will enjoy a new 300m canal-side realm, canoe club store and pontoon, allotments, nine acres of landscaped parks open to the community, a residents’ gym, a planned café, a 200m running track and outdoor exercise equipment and a 1.5km trim trail featuring areas to play, exercise, relax and enjoy public art.

For further details about Barratt London or the new homes available at Hayes Village call 0330 057 6666 or visit www.barrattlondon.com.