Bereaved parents open new Zen garden in Brownsover for students to relax, unwind and reflect

Children at Boughton Leigh Junior School now have the perfect place to relax and unwind.

A new Zen Garden area is now available to students in the playground.

The project was taken on by the schools PTA and fully funded with money that had been raised at previous events.

The area has been transformed into an area where children can go to relax, sit down, unwind and reflect.

From a run down space with broken fencing, uneven ground it has now been transformed into a colourful area with buddy benches, water fountain and wind spinners. Also included in the new area is a memorial section.

There is also an area to remember two pupils who sadly died.

Jamie Clarke's mum Hayley and family and Alfie Mercer's mum Laura, dad and family visited the school to see the garden.

Hayley and Laura officially opened the garden with the pulling of the ribbon.

Louise Warriner, Events Coordinator/ PTA lead, said: “We would like to thank our staff member Mr Trezise who did all the hard groundwork and repairing all the fencing, he worked hard on it and got it all ready for the decorations to go in. We very much appreciate the work he did.”

The students are thrilled with their new Zen garden, which they think is the perfect place to remember their lost friends.