Plants grown at Bradford Council’s Woodville Work Activity Centre, in Keighley, are helping to transform a site.

The team of growers — people with learning disabilities and teenagers on day release from school — will be working at Wrose Brow over the next three months to create a wild-flower meadow.

Wrose Parish Council and the Forest of Bradford have funded the project, which will provide a wildlife haven especially for butterflies, bees and birds. Schools near the site will also be able to use it for educational visits.

Councillor Michael Kelly, the council’s executive member for services to children and young people, said: “Wild flowers and native trees have been sown and grown at the Woodville Centre as part of an ongoing training programme to help develop people’s skills for work. This meadow will bring a marvellous array of colour to the hillside and be a great place for youngsters to visit to learn about flora and fauna.”

Supervisor of Woodville, Martin Bijl, said: “All the trees are grown from seeds collected within the Bradford district and have a heritage going back hundreds, if not thousands, of years. The flower seeds are sown and grown in the district. We intend to give Wrose Brow a complete makeover for people to enjoy for years to come.”