The Ecoteam at Fairfield High School (FHS) is reaping the rewards of its Spring project by the abundance of lettuces, grown on the school’s balcony. Formerly an underused resource, the team brought their vision of using the balcony for sustainable food production to life, starting with planters made from upcycled pallets. The idea being for produce to be available on a not-for-profit basis for the school canteen, families and staff (for a discretionary donation).

Now that the Ecoteam have witnessed the fruits of their labour, they have ambitious plans to fully utilise the large balcony space with a variety of produce, including a plastic bottle greenhouse to complement the external water supply already fitted on the balcony.

Bobby Walker, Ecoteam leader and Geography Teacher at Fairfield High School comments: “A massive well done to this team of students who have creatively turned this otherwise derelict space into a mini allotment which has flourished over the summer.

“We have no budget so rely on donations and shared resources with the school polytunnel project, so if anyone can help with planters, agricultural fabric to upcycle pallets, compost, seeds/seedlings or tools, we would love to hear from you.”

Any donation help, please email rwalker@fairfield.excalibur.org.uk