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Children have been busy creating a ‘diversity nature garden’ to increase biodiversity within their school and celebrate diverse cultures.

Pupils aged between two and 14 at Welsh medium schools in Caerphilly have taken part in the scheme, which has been run by Keep Wales Tidy and funded by the Welsh Government.

The gardens have been created at Ysgol Gymraeg Caerffili, Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni and Parc y Felin Flying Start Centre.

The planting took place during a community event on Sunday, March 20, with the plants provided by Keep Wales Tidy.

The Love Caerphilly Church, which holds its services at the school, helped with the creation of the garden, with members of the Caerphilly Baha’i community also helping on the planting day.

Members of Climate Action Caerphilly, which came up with the idea for the diversity gardens, also volunteered at the event and presented the garden with a John Ystumllyn Rose – named after the first documented black gardener in Wales.

John Ystumllyn, or Jack Du as he was also known, was brought to north Wales by slave-traders as a child in the 1700s.

In Wales, John learned horticulture and craftmanship and married a Welsh maid; Margaret Gruffydd.