Tuesday 3 August 2010

Bus trip - Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park

Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park is a medium-sized park in which the Imperial War Museum stands. We visited the rangers' area where fruit and veg are grown, the sports facilities, and an orchard area.

Growing plants up a wall



Mulberries

Runner beans


Good plant - Bowles Mauve


Bonded resin path - most of us liked it



Orchard - note spacing of the trees


Grapes and fruit bushes grown against a fence
What we liked:

-orchard
-sports facilities/ courts
-mulberry tree / fruit trees

-fruit and veg grown against a wall
-not prescriptively designed – people find the spaces for their mood/ activity
-tennis and sport – demand for it
-involvement of rangers important
-novelty of the mulberry tree

-beautiful mulberry tree (with public picking days)

-orchard and bushes grown up the wall

-fruit and veg as part of the ornamental planting around the park
-rangers involved

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