Local volunteers all pitched in and got their hands dirty at an Autumn Watch event at St Mary’s Church in Lutterworth last weekend.

The Autumn Watch event which was held at the Community Spaces churchyard project, saw both parents and children getting involved in activities such as bird and bug box making, leaf headdress making, and a scavenger hunts.

A local volunteer group called ‘Getting Lutterworth Growing’ also got involved in the activities and planted new bulbs around the churchyard.

Tony Hirons, Church Warden at St Mary’s Church said it was great to see the whole community get involved. “ Over 1000 bulbs got planted alongside the new fence- which will look great in the spring. We want to do other events in the future with older children, so they can get involved in helping the environment and using the churchyard.”

St Mary’s Church received £99,950 from Community Spaces to help improve their churchyard that was in desperate need of some refurbishments To see an interview with Tony Hirons about the new improvements to the churchyard, then visit our YouTube Channel.

Photos of the Autumn Watch event can be found on our Flickr page.