A classroom with a view

Priory's gardener, Mr Farron, creates such delightful classroom vistas for our pupils. These are just some of the stunning displays that are in bloom around our school at the moment.

Mr Farron has transformed the gardens at Penwortham Priory Academy over the years and continually adds more features.  His first task of his tenure was to completely restore the neglected Guild Garden and construct a Sensory Garden.  Since then he has produced cameos throughout the school, such as herb gardens for the Food Technology department.  The biggest project to date was transforming the Quad by designing and building a large perennial garden for staff and pupils to take pleasure from, as well as the local community outside school hours. 

Under Mr Farron, the school has won many awards for its gardens including, in 2016, when we became the first school in South Ribble to win the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society’s Britain in Bloom North West Environmental Award for Schools, and winning the 'Outstanding School' category at the North West in Bloom in 2019.  Last year, Mr Farron was snapped up as a judge for the South Ribble in Bloom awards after we won consecutively for several years!

We hope you'll agree that we are very honoured to have such a calming, relaxing environment that we can all enjoy and benefit from.