A primary school in Baillieston has snagged the third place prize in a Scotland-wide garden competition.

Garrowhill Primary School students won third place by public vote in the 7th annual Pocket Garden Design Competition for their installation titled ‘The Tale of Red the Redwing’.

Written by a pupil, the winning garden was inspired by Beatrix Potter stories and features animals that live in the school grounds.

Made from recycled materials, the garden is a haven for wildlife with bee and insect friendly plants like lavender and sweet violet, a bug hotel, a bird bath, a hedgehog feeder and house, bird feeder and bird boxes.

The competition was steep with 340 entries from schoolchildren across Scotland tasked with designing a sustainable mini-garden that told a story.

Oakgrove primary, in Woodlands, was awarded a Certificate of Recognition for their Fairy Garden featuring a renewable energy inspired water feature.

Gayle Clarkson, headteacher at Garrowhill Primary, said: “Working as a team, designing and growing our pocket garden allowed us to learn how to reuse things from around the school and to work as a team.

“Lots of the pupils helped with growing plants and building the bug hotel and we learned how to grow plants from seed and look after them.

“We’ve had lots of support from our local community to create the garden.

“A dad and granddad came in to help us build the frame and hedgehog house, the local nursery donated soil and City Building College made our bird houses for us to put together.

“It was a great learning experience and we are looking forward to continuing to look after our garden.”

The event is run each year by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful.

Nicola Davidson, education and learning officer at the charity, said: “I would like to say a huge congratulations to Garrowhill Primary School for winning third place in this year’s competition.

“The pupils worked so hard to design and grow a Pocket Garden telling their own unique story.

“This year’s competition encouraged children to tell their own stories, a wonderful part of our culture, through their garden designs.

“We are delighted that schools and young people throughout Scotland found the benefits of this competition in learning, teaching and celebrating things that are important to them and their environment.

“The Pocket Garden designs we received were practical, creative, challenging, sustainable and full of fun and meaning.”

The winning Pocket Gardens are still available to view in the digital showcase at keepscotlandbeautiful.org/pocketgarden.