Ready for top-soil
Top soil being added
Water retention crystals added
Heel and tread to consolidate soil
Frank and his team beginning the turf laying
The next two photos show the turf almost done and you can see the sun ray design which is caused by unrolling in alternative directions.
Unfortunately a temporary fence had to be erected to stop public and their dogs from spoiling it and also to give it time to establish.
The gardens have recently had many new plants put in and many improvements made to the existing planting. This work has been carried out jointly between Islington Council and the Friends of Duncan Terrace led by Clare who works tirelessly maintaining and developing the planting and without whom none of this would be happening.
The photo on the right shows that the bark has been laid.
Saturday 30th March was the beginning of Islington in Bloom 2019 and the official start took place at 11am in Duncan Terrace and was attended by Councillor Claudia Webb and also later in the day the Mayor of Islington. Local residents also attended with some fun activities going on and Clare was in attendance to promote the day.
A fun time was had by all
This is just the start of an immense task between Islington Council and the Friends of Duncan Terrace to maintain the gardens to a high standard for the community to enjoy and hopefully impress the judges for London in Bloom.
1 comment:
Love this post, I get involved in similar schemes and I am impressed at what a difference you have made.
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