Dobbies Garden World has been helping pupils at Shepton Mallet's St Paul's School to create a quiet garden within the school grounds for pupils and staff to use.

As part of its Here We Grow campaign, Dobbies donated £200 worth of products including gardening tools and plants to help restore the current school garden.

Expert staff from Dobbies also helped the children to landscape new areas as well as teaching them how to maintain the garden.

Here We Grow is Dobbies' community campaign which gives support, equipment and assistance to the community in the Shepton Mallet area to get growing.

Mark Gibbens, community champion at Dobbies said: "St Paul's School applied to our Here We Grow programme for assistance to develop their quiet garden as they were unsure how they could improve it themselves. Dobbies is delighted to be working with them to create an outdoor space which will be used by all children and staff attending the school.

"Through our Here We Grow programme we have donated some equipment, plants and expert advice to help the children understand how to care for their garden. On the planting day the children were split into groups and worked alongside our staff to landscape their new garden. The children really enjoyed being part of this and were very excited to see the end result."

Dobbies is keen to hear from community groups, projects, schools and charities who need help to plant and grow in their gardens. If you would like to put your group forward to be considered for support, please write to the Dobbies Community Champion at Dobbies Garden World, Mendip Avenue, Fosse Way Industrial Estate, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4PE or for questions, call 01749 333490. For more information, visit www.dobbies.com.

Dobbies also runs regular free events in store to give advice on how to get the best out of your garden, including Gardener's Question Time on a Tuesday evening, regular grow your own and planting workshops and the Little Seedlings Club which is a free fun hands-on workshop to teach children about plants, wildlife and the environment.

For more information visit www.dobbies.com/ Whats-on-at-Dobbies/c