Two green-fingered children from Bury St. Edmunds grew a variety of crops – and sold them to help poor hedgehogs.
Jessica Skilton, six, and brother Oliver, three, raised a staggering £ 125 to buy food for Suffolk Hedgehog Hospital in Newmarket.
Her mother Lisa said: “The children planted a lot of seeds and after they had nurtured them into small plants, they decided to set up a stand in front of our house to sell them.”
Jessica Skilton meets Will the Hedgehog while she is delivering food to Suffolk Hedgehog Hospital in Newmarket
– Photo credit: Lisa Skilton
She said they grew runner beans, peas, and zucchini, as well as flowers. Ms. Skilton posted about the plants on a local Moreton Hall Facebook page and received great support from people in the area who in return made donations for the plants.
“With the money the kids filled a cart full of dog food for the hedgehogs at the main Tesco in Bury St. Edmunds, and Tesco donated something too.”
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The family then arranged for the food to be taken to the hospital, and the children were able to meet one of the prickly residents, Will the Hedgehog.
Jessica and Oliver Skilton buy a cart full of dog food for Tesco’s Suffolk Hedgehog Hospital in Bury St. Edmunds, which also donates some food.
– Photo credit: Lisa Skilton
Ms. Skilton said the hospital did not have too many hedgehogs when she visited. But that has now changed – the club currently has double its usual capacity and is currently unable to accept hedgehogs.
To donate, visit the Suffolk Hedgehog Hospital website.