THE memory of a much-loved classroom assistant and dinner lady at Stockbridge Primary School will live on thanks to the effort of hard-working pupils.

Josephine Tuff, 10, is a pupil at the school, where her late mum Katie, pictured right, used to help out.

She went with staff members to Hilliers garden centre and chose the plants for a memorial garden to her mum, who died in 2005. Josephine said her mum preferred grass and plants to flowers and chose three grasses and two lavenders.

"I selected them because they are my mum's favourites," she said.

Head teacher Pam Simpson said: "Over half-term the children did lots of odd jobs and raised money for it. They walked dogs, washed gnomes and tidied gardens," she said.

The pupils also drew pictures of how they thought the garden should look, and the best one was picked for the design.

Paul Jenkinson, who runs Leckford Post Office with his wife and is a woodworker, built the garden bird table and benches.

"I thought it was a nice, worthwhile thing to do," he said.

Parents, teachers and children are pictured at the garden.