Devon is set to become greener with the prospect of a new learning centre at Royal Horticultural Society’s Rosemoor garden.
Planning permission has been granted for the new centre, and half the £1 million has been met from Devon County Council’s Investing in Devon fund, while the garden’s education team get set to increase the number of primary school children they teach each year from 3,500 to 6,000.
The building, designed by Devon-based ecological architects Gale and Snowdon, will link the main garden with the woodland area. It will contain two indoor classrooms, educational facilities, an outdoor covered area for activities and a teaching garden in the woodland clearing.
The ecologically friendly design includes natural ventilation and lighting and wood fuelled heating. Construction is scheduled to begin in July with completion due in early 2010.
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