Grow Your Own Herb Garden for Food Technology Department

Penwortham Priory Academy is growing its own herbs to use in its award-winning Food Technology department – and more.

 

The school’s gardener Mr Farron, who has won his own Penwortham in Bloom awards, has helped to transform the gardens at the school and is now looking to bring his expertise inside.

 

“I decided a herb garden would be a great idea to benefit the students at the school,” said Mr Farron, whose background is in soil engineering.

 

“They can go on the windowsills and, while they can be used in Food Technology in food preparation and cooking, in savoury and sweet dishes, they can also be used for medicinal purposes, to deal with stings and bites.

 

“I want it to be educational, where students can learn more about herbs, the different colours, smells and which insects are attracted to them.  I also want to extend it to other items we can grow inside such as fruit, chilli and vegetables.

 

“The students can also take seeds home and grow thing themselves so it will give them responsibility too. I want to encourage a growing culture at Priory.”

 

Photo: Year 7 pupils - Daisy Diprose, Cora Prescott and Alexander Pugh.