Feature Article
Design a Planter Project
St Aloysius Junior School - design a planter project
© BAM Nuttall
St Aloysius Junior School - design a planter project
© BAM Nuttall
BAM Construct UK Ltd has recently organized a nature project with a local school. A class from St Aloysius Junior School Camden were invited to take part in the 'Re-usable Roof Gardens Project'.
This involved a class visit to Camley Street Natural Park, situated on the corner outside of Kings Cross Central's Eastern Goods Yard construction site, where they were taught about different types of plants and habitats. What followed was a classroom group activity, organised by the BAM Learning and Development Team, to design a planter, choose the habitat type and plants and work out a budget.
The designs were then sent to BAM, where their sub-contractor Atlantic Contracts Carpenters produced the five planters. The main part of the planters was constructed from reclaimed teak timber boards and plywood salvaged from King's Cross Central work-site. The five large timber planters were then presented to St Aloysius Junior School by BAM on the 24th February, where the children then filled them with earth and put in the plants creating different habitats.
The planters are on the school roof garden where they will be tended by the children as they watch the different plants grow.
