A pupil has won a competition by creating a sustainable garden in a shoebox.
Organised by David Wilson Homes, the contest encouraged schoolchildren to design miniature gardens as thriving ecosystems.
Year five student, Fikunmi Daniel, from Fir Tree Primary School, won the competition, with his shoebox garden featuring wildlife-friendly elements such as a pond, a rockery, and plenty of grass and shrubs.
The competition was held at the school, which is near the company's Donnington Heights development.
Leanne Hendry, a year five teaching assistant at Fir Tree Primary School, praised Fikunmi's thoughtful approach, saying: "Fikunmi created his garden as part of a project during our after-school STEM club.
"He carefully considered the features he would include in his garden and how this would create habitats for various creatures, before unleashing his creativity to assemble it."
As the winner of the garden-in-a-shoebox competition, Fikunmi was awarded an art set by David Wilson Homes.
This competition was part of the housebuilder's partnership with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), showing its commitment to creating habitats for nature at its developments.
At Donnington Heights, David Wilson Homes has committed to planting approximately 250 new trees and creating a wildflower meadow to support native pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, and moths.
The development will also be home to 12 bird and bat boxes, several hedgehog highways, and a variety of bee-friendly plants.
Emma Hawkins, sales director at David Wilson Homes Southern, said: "As a leading housebuilder, sustainability is at the forefront of our minds when designing new developments, and it was fantastic to see the pupils of Fir Tree Primary School embrace the objective in our competition.
"There were some incredible entries, and the standards were extremely high, but we congratulate Fikunmi for a standout design."
Donnington Heights, which is now more than 85 per cent sold, currently offers a range of three, four, and five-bedroom homes, with prices starting at £460,000.
For further information on nearby developments, potential buyers can visit the website at David Wilson Homes in Berkshire.
David Wilson Homes, part of Barratt Redrow PLC, a FTSE100 company, has been awarded a maximum five-star rating for the 15th consecutive year in the 2024 Home Builders Federation Customer Satisfaction Survey.
Site managers working for the Barratt Group won 89 awards for quality workmanship in the 2024 NHBC Pride in the Job Awards.
For the past 19 years, Barratt has won more Pride in the Job awards than any other housebuilder.
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