Thanks to a donation of £10,000 from Scotts Miracle-Gro, work has started to create a new Garden of Reflection from scratch for Crawley District Scouts.
The funding is part of GRO1000, a community outreach initiative launched by The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company USA in 2011 which will result in the creation of 1,000 community gardens and green spaces by 2018 - the company's 150th anniversary.

When complete, the garden will be used by the Scouts for many of their ceremonies and activities. It will be a peaceful area for the Scouts, their families and other members of their communities to come and be in serene surroundings, and will also be somewhere they can plant trees in memory of late members of the Scouts organisation.

The woodland site at Stanford Scout Camp Site is now experiencing a period of frenzied activity, as a team of more than 50 members of Crawley District Scouts and other volunteers start the clearing and building work.

Co-sponsor AVS Fencing Supplies has supplied more than £4,000-worth of landscaping materials needed to create the garden. Lawsons Builders Merchants is also on board to provide further items needed in the garden, and thanks to DJ Haulage the project has all the topsoil needed to fill the raised beds and create a lawn.

Scotts Miracle-Gro will provide all the products needed to maintain the garden.