Barrow Growing "Spring Festival" - 31.03.2012

Congratulations to Barrow Growing / Barrow Chnmt for organising what was a most enjoyable event. An estimated 125 visitors to Barrow Growing Spring Festival enjoyed; hot food from Hartleys Dalton, music from the Barrow Steelworks Band and stalls from Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Barrow Horticultural Society, Junior Wardens and a seed swap stand.

Setting up the roller banners and seed swap table.

Barrow Mayor John Murphy and Lady Mayor Eleanor Murphy

Cumbria Wildlife Trust Officer Sue Thurley demonstrates how to make home made plant pots.

Additional pictures taken at the event can be viewed at our Flickr photo gallery here.

Hostas beginning to show through the slate chippings

Some of our hawthorn blossom

Installing the new pin kerbs

Taking delivery of the concrete for the pin kerbs.

Continental Landscapes begin installing the new pin kerbs.

Testing the newly imported top soil

Richard Lote from Meridian Geoscience taking samples of the newly imported top soil for testing.

Taking delivery of the new topsoil from Wilsons

Ensuring correct procedures are followed

Barrow Borough Council Environmental Health Officer Damon Pearson ensuring the correct procedures are followed during construction and confirming the validation process requirements with Groundwork Landscape architect John Nuttall and Richard Lote from Meridian Geoscience.

The supplier is required to provide soil to BS3882/2007 standard. Once delivered Meridian Geoscience will take a sample of the soil for testing to ensure the soil conform to BS 3882/2007.

Richard Lote from Meridian Geoscience taking additional soil samples from the banking area.

Installing the geo textile membrane

Installing the geo textile membrane in preparation for the new soil for the planting areas.

Some of our scilla

Today was a butterfly day.....

Peacock butterfly.

                          Small tortoiseshell butterfly.

Small white butterfly.

Barrow Growing Spring Festival - 31st March

Barrow Growing Spring Festival. 1 - 4PM, Saturday 31st March. Courtesy of our friends at Central and Hindpool Neighbourhood Management.

Quote for the week.....

“The bee is more honoured than other animals, not because she labours, but because she labours for others” Saint John Chrysostom.

New brick edging is nearly complete

Various bulbs flowering along the hedging border

A visiting small tortoiseshell butterfly

Installing new brick edging

Valued volunteers Lee, Bryan and David continue to install new brick edging.

It's a bugs life...... in the sun

Community grow your own scheme - installing the kerb edging

Taking delivery of the concrete in preparation for laying the kerb edging.

Installing the kerb edging.

One summers day in March - 18.03.2012

One summers day in March - 18.03.2012, a set on Flickr.