CHILDREN from a Windermere school have helped bring a south Lakes park back in bloom for next year.

Classmates from St Martin and St Mary C of E Primary School planted 1,000 daffodil bulbs as part of a redevelopment project.

The children were invited South Lakeland District Council to help plant the flowers on a patch of public open space at nearby Baddeley Clock.

Councillor David Fletcher, SLDC’s Portfolio Holder for Environment, noted that the children were hand-picked for the job.

He said: “St Martin and St Mary’s is a Green Flag School which is part of a national project which encourages children to embrace and protect their environment and become shining examples to others.

“Some of the older children who took part in the bulb-planting are ‘school eco-warriors’ who are already showing real interest in green issues and behaving in a way which contributes to maintaining and improving their environment.

“All their hard work will be rewarded when the daffodils reappear as the colourful centrepiece in the newly redeveloped park.”

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The children made light work of their jobs around the garden, planting and covering all 1,000 bulbs and helping to rake the soil in less than an hour.

SLDC has been thinning out trees and making improvements to the park as part of a wider landscaping project which is expected to be completed by early next summer.

Situated at the corner of Lake Road and New Road, the Baddeley Clock tower marks the division between Windermere and Bowness.

Daffodils will complement the yellow and white roses that already bloom in the park.

The redevelopment of Baddeley Clock park is the first project as part of SLDC’s new partnership with the grounds maintenance, landscape construction and street cleansing company, Continental Landscapes Ltd.

Caroline Gooch, the company's biodiversity and community relationship co-ordinator, said: “The kids were fantastic, they were so well behaved and responsible and worked so hard.

“ Although we have worked for SLDC since 1991, this is a new direction for us, sharing decisions and responsibilities and formalising the harmonious relationship we have developed with the council over the past few years.”

Daffodils typically flower between February and early May, meaning the children can look forward to a blooming yellow garden next spring.