MORE than 400 children braved the rain to help bring some colour to a park yesterday.
The youngsters, from Corporation Road Primary School, Darlington, along with the town's mayor, Councillor Ron Lewis, helped to plant 2,000 tulip and daffodil bulbs in North Lodge Park.
The children were invited to plant the bulbs by the Friends of North Lodge Park.
Mollie Whitehouse, one of the Friends, said: "The schoolkids were really enjoying it, despite the weather.
"We managed to plant all the bulbs. Last year we planted 500, and they looked lovely, so these should look twice as good.
"We even hope to get some more bulbs as we didn't get to plant everywhere. They should look lovely when they come up."
The bulbs were given to the Friends of North Lodge Park by Darlington Borough Council.
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