ON October 23, Richard and Sarah of Vale of Hay Meadow Burials, near Kington, invited Franksbridge school to sow native wildflower seeds across their natural green burial meadow - seed which has been sourced from wildflower meadows on the Herefordshire/Powys border.

Examples of seeds sown on the day included oxeye daisy, yellow rattle, field Scabious, cowslip, spotted orchid, knapweed, eyebright and meadow foxtail.

The children at Franksbridge school are currently learning about pollination and are in the process of creating their own wildflower meadow in the school grounds.

On the day, the children turned up in their wellies and had hot chocolate and cookies upon arrival.

Older children of the school started by helping Richard place sticks in a grid across the two and a half acre meadow. All the children, teaching staff and Sue Williams who kindly drove the minibus then took a tray of seeds each, stood by a stick and scattered the seeds in their designated area.

Afterwards the children enjoyed a walk through the adjoining orchard to take a look at the beehives and hear a brief talk on beekeeping.

Next summer the children will be invited back to Hay Meadow Burials for a picnic and to see the flowers developing in the meadow.

In addition to the teachers and children of Franksbridge Primary School, Richard and Sarah would like to thank Gaer Farm Buses for providing free transport, Sue Williams for her time and effort, and also Julian Jones of Radnorshire Wildlife Trust for his expertise in creating wildflower meadows.