Nursery World - Joys of spring

(Photograph) - Early years settings from around the country have been sending us scenes of how they greeted the new season All tools came in handy (left) when Nicole Francescantonio, six, Gabriel Francestonio, three and Raees Toonah, six, planted flowers, fruit trees and a willow tree in a new wildlife garden at Robert Ly Kyng children's centre in Swindon, Wiltshire as part of a project managed by Barnado's South West.

All tools came in handy (left) when Nicole Francescantonio, six, Gabriel Francestonio, three and Raees Toonah, six, planted flowers, fruit trees and a willow tree in a new wildlife garden at Robert Ly Kyng children's centre in Swindon, Wiltshire as part of a project managed by Barnado's South West.

(Photo: Alan Owens)

'Sow, grow and eat' (below) is the name of a scheme at the Old School House Day Nursery in Sancton, East Riding of Yorkshire, where children grow vegetables for their own 'five a day' menus, including potatoes, pumpkins, runner beans, peas, carrots and tomatoes.

Little acorns (above) were sprouting at Granby House Nursery, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, after a BBC-sponsored hunt for fallen acorns from the famous oaks of Sherwood Forest. The children have been writing to the Rangers of Sherwood Forest for growing advice.

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