CHILDREN at a Bicester school will get the chance to explore nature first hand when a team of gardeners revamp their concrete garden.

Youngsters at Kings Meadow Primary School’s foundation stage have recently moved into new classrooms, but the outdoor space was a let down.

Instead of grass, trees and plants the children, aged four and five, used to look out on tarmac.

But thanks to staff at Wyevale Garden Centre, at Bicester Avenue, the area is set to get a makeover.

Gardeners from the centre will create raised bedding areas, plant trees and leave space for vegetables.

Earlier children held a teddy bears picnic to help raise money to pay for a wooden house.

Sarah Obinna, the school’s foundation stage co-ordinator, said: “Our curriculum is play based and children need to have the opportunity to learn both inside and out. It is vital that the children get first hand experiences of exploring nature and growing plants and vegetables.

“Wyevale have met with us to plan and design raised bedding, trees and nature inviting plants all of which the children will be able to access.”

Jeanette Cocklin, events manager at Wyevale, said: “The children wrote to us and drew pictures of what they would like and we decided to help.

“We are supplying some plants, but the idea is the children grow seeds.”

Parents have also been drafted in to help. The garden centre has also run similar projects at Southwold and Cooper schools.