Taylor Wimpey East Midlands has teamed up with Woodcote Primary School to create a sustainable garden at its Castle Manor development, in Ashby.

The housebuilder challenged pupils to design a nature-friendly garden for the new show home at the Money Hill site.

And the winning entry, from Ayla-Mae, aged 8, includes features such as bird boxes, bug hotels and a hedgehog hibernation shelter, which will offer habitats for local wildlife.

Ayla-Mae was invited to Castle Manor to see her design brought to life.

She said: "I really enjoyed taking part in the competition and it was great fun to see my design in real life.

"I hope visitors enjoy looking around and that lots of wildlife will enjoy it too."

Steven Clarke, Sales and Marketing Director for Taylor Wimpey East Midlands, said: "We were so pleased to welcome Ayla-Mae to the show home at Castle Manor, and we would like to thank all the pupils at Woodcote Primary School who took part in our competition to design the garden.

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"We are committed to incorporating sustainable and nature-friendly features across our developments and we hope our garden will inspire visitors."

Castle Manor currently has a selection of three and four-bedroom homes available from £310,000.

It is located off Nottingham Road and the sales information centre and show home is open daily, between 10 am-5pm.