Our Garden

The gardens at St Patrick’s National School, created by the staff over the years, are magical places full of positivity and quiet spaces that fosters a love towards nature and social connection. These special gardens include:

Vegetable Garden

Poly Tunnel

Wellness Garden

Outdoor Classroom

Providing students with opportunities to explore and learn in this special school spaces has enormous educational benefits including:

Spending time outdoors

Spending time in the fresh air, moving around and exercising are also closely linked to cognitive functions and academic performance.

Learning Responsibility

Students learn the importance of taking care of a living organism and taking responsibility simultaneously implies an increase in self-confidence.

Academic Progress

School gardening has a positive effect on “knowledge, grades, attitudes and behaviour”.

Learning practical, real-life skills

Students can directly observe everything they’re learning in theory about plants and living organisms.

Building healthy social habits

Students will actually have to come together and decide among themselves what they need to do to succeed as a team.