Children at a school near Brandon were proud to meet this King and Queen this week.
Pupils from Weeting Primary School attended the RHS’s first-ever show at Sandringham to display the school gardening club’s container garden, which was submitted to the ‘upcycling containers’ category.
Their brief was to create a mini-garden highlighting the importance of protecting the UK’s biodiversity, with Queen Camilla set to judge.
Pupils at Weeting Primary School met King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Sandringham. Picture: Weeting Primary School
They were also invited to attend the inner display space to meet King Charles, who took the time to talk to all the gardening club about what they grew.
Jacqui Hardie, headteacher, said: “King Charles took time to talk to all of the gardening club children, quizzing them on what they had grown and if they had tasted the vegetables. He has also recommended that we grow and taste spinach next year as it is very delicious.
“I am so proud of how the children responded with such confidence and it was brilliant to see the sheer delight on their faces during the conversation with the King.”
Pupils at Weeting Primary School met King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Sandringham. Picture: Weeting Primary School
The children’s garden, called ‘We Are Weeting’ also needed to represent the community.
Quadrants in the garden included a section dedicated to Leah, a former pupil who died four years ago. Part of it was a garden in the school grounds created by her friends.
The primary school brought her chair to the show and the club painted pots in blue – her favourite colour – and planted them with blue and purple flowers.
The garden also featured a steam engine, with red, yellow, orange and pink plants representing fire, with the engine itself being upcycled from an old wooden toy train. Plants were placed into recycled fire buckets and vegetable tins from the school kitchen.
The garden the children made. Picture: Weeting Primary SchoolThe garden the children made. Picture: Weeting Primary SchoolThe garden the children made. Picture: Weeting Primary School
There was also a forest, made to represent Thetford Forest, which surrounds the school and a farm, with the children growing fruit, vegetables, herbs and seeds.
This farm also contained a scarecrow complete with a school uniform.
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