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Hurlford Sensory Garden
Initial clearance work begins at Hurlford.
In Summer 2005, Community Liaison Officer Mark
Davies, together with CSV Co-Ordinator
Anne Gold and Hurlford Centre Support Worker Tom Brentnall, agreed upon an
idea to create a sensory and wildlife garden at Hurlford Day Centre, utilising
a previously drab and litter strewn
area to the rear of the centre.
The project was designed to involve the CSV volunteers
in the design and creation of the garden
to include raised beds, colourful borders, bird feeding stations, butterfly
feeding stations,
nestboxes and woven living willow structures.
Tree
pruning work starts Gathering
& bagging cuttings
Living Willow Fence Weaving
Willow Woven Railings
Marking out the Raised Bed Areas
Creating the Raised Bed Frames
December 12th 2005 Update
The frames for the 3 raised bed areas have now
been completed and we are starting
to fix on the half round edgings.
The woven willow around the railings is almost
complete and we have started to
link this in to a living willow archway.
Completed raised bed frames and feeding station
January 30th 2006 Update
Two of the raised beds are complete and ready
for soil. The new feeding station
and bird table have been installed and are being used.
The woven willow railings are now complete.
Complete woven railings and clean up
March 20th 2006 Update
Monday March the 20th saw Action Earth Day at
the sensory garden, where all raised beds are complete, painted and filled
with soil & compost.
The pond has also been installed, together with the solar powered fountain,
which also has a capacitor to allow it to function even in cloudy weather.
22 tonnes of soil were kindly donated by All Seasons of Galston and a good selection of plants were obtained from Sunnyside Cottage Garden Nursery at Moscow.
The bird feeding station is in regular use and work has now begun on the last main area, the bark chipped path.
Planting starts in the sensory garden
Some of the group with their Action
Earth certificatesj
March 27th 2006 Update
Monday March the 27th saw Action Earth Day for work starting on the creation of a wildflower meadow area, with an annual seed mix obtained from Scotia Seeds.
May 2006 Update
The garden is virtually complete apart from the last 3 metres of bark chippings to finish the path. Maintenance will take place approximately once a month. The vast majority of the plants and the living willow structures are growing extremely well.
Pond with solar fountain and raised bed planting with woven willow trees
New growth on the woven living willow fence and newly sown wildlfower meadow
and woven living willow dome