Horticulture students at Writtle College near Chelmsford have been passing on their green fingered skills to children from Writtle Junior School's Gardening Club.
They showed the children how to make sack gardens using recycled materials and planted them with salad crops.
Recent flooding may have caused problems across the county but one species seems to be enjoying the watery conditions.
At Writtle College near Chelmsford numbers of Little Egret are on the rise and the recent high water levels seem to be encouraging them out into the open.
Due to the fact that it still only breeds at a limited number of sites in this country the Little Egret is on the RSPB’s amber list of birds.
Police in Essex are appealing for witnesses after two fatal collisions on Friday. A male driver, believed to be in his 30s and from Chelmsford, died after his silver Citroen Xsara was in collision with a silver Volkswagen Caddy just before 6.45pm on the A414 Ongar Road in Writtle.
The female driver of the van suffered serious leg injuries and was taken by ambulance to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford. In the second collision in Buckhurst Hill a motorbike rider in his 20s died at the scene.
His blue Yamaha was in collision with a black Renault Trafic van outside Monkhams public house, at about 9.50pm. A 33-year-old man from Romford was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, and released on bail.
Police are continuing to search the Essex countryside for a man who has been missing since Saturday morning.
38-year-old Adam Holgate's car, a black Seat Ibiza car, was found abandoned on a farm track near Writtle with the engine running. Officers have been searching woods and farmland nearby.
Peter Reeve, the man wanted over the shooting dead of off-duty officer PC Ian Dibell, has been found dead at Writtle, near Chelmsford.
Read the full storyPolice have confirmed that the man they were hunting in connection with the shooting of an off-duty policeman in Clacton has been found dead in Writtle, Essex.
Essex Police Chief Constable Jim Barker-McCardle said Peter Reeve was found dead in Writtle churchyard near Chelmsford.
He had a weapon with him. No police shots were fired.
Police hunting the gunman who shot PC Ian Dibell have sealed off the centre of Writtle near Chelmsford. A body believed to be Peter Reeve's has been found near All Saints' church. Officers are searching the scene.
Alan Titchmarsh has been paying a visit to the Writtle Agricultural College in Essex.
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