Those of us living in the Parish will have received the latest Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without Parish Newsletter recently, and we were very excited to see an article in it by Parish Councillors, Mr Parnham and Mr Armstrong about the Millennium Garden!

The keen members of our Gardening Club love their work improving the local area and having the opportunity to have hands on experience of creating a garden which we think looks beautiful! Our thanks go to Mr Parnham, Mr Armstrong and Mr Bakker for giving us their time and expertise and to the council for providing the resources.

You can find a copy of the article below:

"Again during 2025, the Millennium Garden at the junction of Kenilworth Road and Harrowby Lane has been maintained by the children from the Gardening Club at Belmont Community Primary School.

Our Clerk Peter Armstrong has continued to plan the activities in conjunction with teacher Mrs Pallier and he has also been ably assisted at times in the planting etc by Councillors Parnham and Bakker. Their continued looking after the garden is part of a wider initiative which is being followed in the school to form greater connections within the local community. We have had up to eight enthusiastic children attending at any one time and getting to grips with the preparing and planting of summer bedding plants here and on the school grounds.

The project also continues to be a useful link for the children's school work in Science and gives them a sense of ownership and pride in their community when they witness the colourful results of their hard work on their way to school and back. This initiative is giving some children who have never had the chance to realise how things grow, a hands on experience. They will be reconvening in September ready to plant the garden up for the spring. All of the plants and compost etc are provided by the Parish Council.

G Parnham & P Armstong."