Local school children leave a lasting mark at Orchard Gate

We’re dedicated about creating homes where people can truly thrive, and our recently completed collection of new homes at Orchard Gate in Dibden Purlieu, Hampshire, is a great example of this. This 100% affordable housing development includes 25 thoughtfully designed homes, helping local people stay close to their roots, families and community.

As part of the project, local school children were invited to write traditional haiku poems inspired by the idea of home. Four winning entries - from pupils in Years 3 to 6 - have now been engraved onto plaques and installed on benches within Orchard Gate’s central landscaped green space, where they will remain as a lasting feature of the development.

Three of the four winning pupils - Harry, Rosie and Jack - were photographed at Orchard Gate alongside their poems, which now sit at the heart of the new community.