STUDENTS at Pershore High School are embarking on an unusual project this week.

Working with gardening guru Peter Seabrook students are growing 1,200 plants towards an exhibit at the world-famous Chelsea Flower Show which runs in London this year from September 21-26.

The plants grown will be built into a pyramid of colour as one of the key exhibits in the Floral Marquee at the show.

Starting on Monday, (July 5) the students will start growing a newly bred plant, Poppins (a patio chrysanthemum) in a range of six bright colours.

Students will pot up a tiny cutting of the plant, then take it home to nurture over the summer holidays, giving their plant the daily care and attention in needs to grow into a strong healthy plant full of blooms.

They will bring the plant back to school at the beginning of autumn term for a final check over before the plants are transported to London for the display to be built.

Included in the project are the 100 or so students who are working towards their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

These students will be growing one variety of Poppins, Prelude Autumn Bronze, as part of their ‘skills’ section of the Award.

Pershore High School has been part of the DofE Award scheme for more than 30 years and has seen hundreds of their students complete their awards at Bronze, Silver and Gold levels.