| Garden Facts | The garden takes up a space 6m x 4m The only plants which need special attention are the tree ferns which require a bit of winter protection. The planting combines shrubs, perennials and grasses, with space for children to grow their own giant sunflowers or rambling nasturtiums. The garden has been designed for juniors, years 3 to 6, as a quiet area, not a play space. The garden goes on show at the RHS Tatton Flower Show from 19 - 23 July 2006. The garden will be dismantled after the show, and must be re-built at the winning school between 25 July - 9 August 2006. |
The garden will abound with unusual plants, beautiful flowers, bright coloured walls and exotic creatures. There'll be places to sit and places to explore. And all this could fit into a small corner of your school's playground or playing fields. The planting is very lush and dense to create a real jungle atmosphere. However, hardy plants have been chosen to make the garden easy to care for in the north west's less than tropical climate. To win this amazing garden, we want you to create your own classroom jungle. Get your paints, papers, fabrics and papier mache out - and turn a corner of your school into a rain-forest paradise, filled with colourful plants, insects and animals. The winner of the classroom jungle competition will have the garden rebuilt at their school straight after the RHS Tatton show. How to enter: The competition is open to any junior school in the North West. Opening date is 14 June 2006. Closing date 10 July 2006. Please send photographs of your classroom jungle, and of the kids getting involved in making it, to... Classroom Jungle, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ North West Tonight, Oxford Road, Manchester M60 1SJ or you can email jpeg pictures to steve.rawling@bbc.co.uk. Finalists will be chosen on the basis of these photographs alone. NB We can't return photographs, so please send copies not originals. Janine's Jungle Garden
 | | The design for Janine's garden |
This garden is intended specifically for children aged between 7 and 11. A jungle theme has been chosen to appeal to a child’s sense of adventure. The design allows children to feel lost amongst the plants, and to enjoy exploring their way through the garden. To reach the central seating area, the children must push their way through the plants overhanging a hardwood pathway and step through an opening in the wall. Moving through the seating area, they step out over a pebble mosaic of a lizard, and between two more walls, one low enough to perch on and one with a small window to peek through. The walls are painted in deep red and orange to add vibrant colour to the garden. The planting is large and dense to reinforce the jungle theme, with splashes of bright red, yellow and orange to create an exotic atmosphere. | 
