Local housebuilder invites Cayton Primary School to decorate and launch their wildlife-friendly garden.

Local housebuilder, David Wilson Homes, teamed up with Cayton Primary School to celebrate the opening of its wildlife-friendly garden at the St Johns View development in Cayton.

David Wilson Homes believe it is important to encourage wildlife in gardens and create spaces where wildlife can flourish. The David Wilson Homes wildlife-friendly gardens are created in partnership with the RSPB and have been specially designed to nurture the local wildlife. The gardens in the brand-new show homes at the St Johns View development in Cayton feature bat and bird boxes, hedgehog homes, bee hotels, bird-feeding stations and a pond, helping to give nature a home. 

As part of the launch, David Wilson Homes partnered with a local school in order to help take the garden one step further and invite the pupils to design their very own hedgehog and bird cut-outs, on wooden templates. 

Working with the local housebuilder, the Year 3 class of Cayton Primary School were tasked with decorating wooden animal shapes. The pupils, aged seven to eight years, were creative with their designs and visited the development to explore the garden and give their decorated animals a new home at the development.

Mr Vasey, Year 3 Teacher at Cayton Primary School added ”We’re so pleased that Barratt Homes worked with our Year 3 class on the importance of creating habitats for wildlife in our gardens. It was great to see the pupils being creative and they particularly enjoyed watching the forklift demonstration on site. We’d like to thank Barratt Developments for the opportunity to learn and add to the wildlife garden”

Leonie Gilbertson, Sales Manager at St John's View Development, commented: “It is crucial to emphasise the importance of building habitats in our gardens, and we would like to thank the pupils at the Cayton Primary School for creating their amazing designs, we hope this encourages other families to make their own habitats and build awareness of how vital wildlife is.”

Homes at St Johns View are available to purchase from £240,000. The show homes can now be booked by appointment, providing a window into the life and the properties at the development. A variety of deals worth up to £10,000 are currently available on a selection of homes, which buyers can choose to go towards deposit boosts, help with moving costs, as well as upgrades to their home.