Saltaire Primary School
make the most of
their outdoor classroom
Well before Hirst Lock Nature Area opened, staff and pupils of
Saltaire Primary School embraced the project, enthusiastically
adopting projects to help make it a more attractive area.
Now they use it as an outdoor classroom and early in May 2016 a
group of pupils re-planted the walled garden at the top of the area.
Then they used leaves and flower around the nature area to discover
the delights of Hapa-Zome, the Japanese art of creating artwork by
extracting the natural pigments from plants to make a pattern on linen
or cotton.
First the horticulture. After the explanation of
how to plant, comes the hands on experience
of creating a garden
…you just hit it with a hammer!
Then the art
To create Hapa-Zome you first need to collect some leaves
and flowers of various sizes and colours.
Then you set them out on one half of a piece of linen or cotton,
fold the other half over and…
