Photo Gallery for Garden Construction - November 2010 onwards
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Work started on the construction of the garden in the middle of September 2010, including the removal of the tarmac, construction of gates and railings and hard landscaping. This phase of the work continued into early February 2011, after being delayed by snowy weather.
The work has been carried out by local construction firm N D Willan Building Contractors to plans developed by Andrew Morton QS from the Initial Sketch of the garden design. The railings are by K Rackham and Son Engineering Ltd.
Now hard landscaping is complete, we can start planting out the garden.
Friday 4th February 2011
Left to right: The sealed gravel surface was laid yesterday, the water tanks are in place at the back of 12 Valentine Street and Patrick has started to install his log seating area.
Apart from connecting up the rainwater tanks, the hard landscaping work is complete.
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Friday 21st January 2011
The trellis is complete, one of the water tanks is in place and the railing fan is fitted.
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Wednesday 12th January 2011
Ready for planting - once we've removed bindweed roots. Right: The base of one of the water tanks.
Just a few more construction tasks remain: adding the last sections of trellis, the water tanks, the sealed gravel sitting out area and a bit more soil.
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Thursday 6th January 2011
Nearly there...
Left: Site Meeting at 8a.m. Right: The trellis is mostly in place and the deep beds are complete.
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Wednesday 15th December 2010
Work has resumed after nearly three weeks of snow.
Left: The trellis has been constructed and is ready to be fixed to the wall at the back of Valentine Street. The metal brackets will be used to fix the trellis to the wall. We await a delivery of the final sleepers for the raised beds.
Centre and right: The top section of railings has been fitted.
Below: Following our snowy bulb planting session, we found the soil in the raised beds had settled, exposing some of the bulbs. Councillor Richard Bearman kindly volunteered his time to shovel soil and cover the bulbs up, keeping them snug until spring.
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Monday 29th November 2010
The garden is silent, covered in a coating of snow, but work will resume when the weather improves.
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Thursday 25th November 2010
The garden gates are now in place and the block paving is finished.
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Friday 19th November 2010
The railings are mostly in place, paving has been extended towards the garden entrance and four larger deep beds have been completed.
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Tuesday 16th November - Wednesday 17th November 2010
The garden gates have arrived and will soon be put in place. Construction of the deep beds continues.
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Monday 15th November 2010
The railings are being installed this week by K Rackham and Son Engineering Ltd, starting at the top end of the garden. The Yorkstone paving slabs have also been cemented in.
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Saturday 13th November 2010
The Yorkstone paving slabs have been laid. They will be surrounded with a sealed gravel surface to provide a sitting out area.
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Monday 8th November 2010
Work resumes on the garden on a cold and wet November day. Work continues on the block paving, including a decorative paving circle.
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