Wednesday 4 May 2022

Sitting pretty in the city



"What on earth is that thing poking up from the middle of the roundabout?" I asked TYM as we drove past on our way out of Chester for our meal. "Some garden thing" he replied airily...."I used to walk through it all the time." That was it....I booked my slot with Mr GBT to have a short explore round it on our way back to the hotel.

What it actually is I now find is a city forest garden which has been designed to blend the urban and wildlife and raise awareness whilst creating a beautiful space for people to enjoy. That metal sculpture is known as a super tree [there are three of them] and by growing climbers up it you are creating a vertical habitat [we have a living wall in Horsham which does a similar thing]. This green oasis has been built by a combination of local volunteers and partners and is dotted with information boards to help and inspire people to rewild the spaces around them. It's very effective, but as you can see from the photos below it really does sit pretty in the middle of the city!






It's a great project.

Arilx

 

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6 comments:

  1. Tigger's Mum4 May 2022 at 05:39

    That is absolutely fabulous. I am all in favour of projects that let individuals feel they can do something to reverse the damage we have done. We all feel so helpless in the face of the big challenge, but a world of small resonses could start a bigger drive to make changes that can only happen at a governmental level - changes in the ways we develop infracstructure and changes in the priorities placed on certain kinds of developments. We owe it to our kids ... and theirs. Congrats to you and TYM by the way.

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    1. Aril6 May 2022 at 08:13

      The council has stopped cutting the verges here to let the insects and pollinators thrive. Every little step helps. Arilx

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  2. Vix4 May 2022 at 08:05

    The "garden thing" is fantastic! xxx

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    1. Aril6 May 2022 at 08:14

      It was formerly just an area of concrete slabs with the underpasses going off it. Much improved. Arilx

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  3. Debby4 May 2022 at 16:10

    Those murals are great. The super tree is fascinating. How long has it been there? I wonder what it will look like 20 years from now?

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  4. Aril6 May 2022 at 08:15

    It was put up in 2018. It's already starting to look established and is well maintained. Arilx

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