Carnforth High School has been working closely with Lancashire County Council's Community Design Team to create a number of habitat areas including a pond, bog garden, wildflower meadow and fruit and vegetable patches; as well as gabion seating, a central meeting area and a shaded pergola.

The garden, which received a total of £28,000 from the National Lottery and BBC's Breathing Places Programme, Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund, Lancashire County Council and Bardon Aggregates, was opened by the Mayor of Carnforth, Coun Tony Johnson.

County Coun Janice Hanson, Lancashire County Council's cabinet member for highways and planning, said: "I admire the way in which the staff and pupils have taken the initiative and sought funding from a range of organisations. I am sure that pupils will be able to enjoy and learn from the garden and habitat for years to come.

Members of the county council's Environmental Projects team worked closely with the school's Eco-Club, led by Carnforth's environmental science co-ordinator Mrs Joanne Young, to prepare initial design proposals for the site that were used by the a landscape designer from the county council's Strategy and Premises Support Team to prepare a plan for the garden.

Joanne Young said: "The food we are growing will be prepared in our kitchens and will help promote healthy eating."