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Sprites Primary Academy on Stonechat Road, Ipswich, have received a material donation from Travis Perkins to help build new vegetable patches at their school.
The work was a joint venture carried out by Travis Perkins’ Ipswich branch, situated on Hadleigh Road Industrial Estate, and one of its customers, Gipping Construction Limited.
The branch donated eight sleepers for the garden and Gipping Construction site manager, Dale Gregory, did the construction work.
Mark Lockwood, Ipswich assistant branch manager, said: “Gipping Construction are customers of ours and when they explained to us that they wanted to make a vegetable garden for the children at Sprites Primary Academy, we were more than happy to help.
“It is nice for the children to be able to grow their own vegetables at school and we are pleased with how the new structure has turned out. It will be fantastic for the children to learn about the origins of food production, and we are thrilled to be helping with this important community donation.”
