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Enablement Project

This project is fundraising £990 to enable a South Glos Council Landscape Architect to professionally plan and cost three of our proposed projects:

• Developing of the pond. To make it safe and accessible for the community to explore and to enable it to sustain wildlife all year round.
• Willow tunnel 'fence'.  We are proposing adding a willow tunnel around the perimeter of the park that will also have a willow den in it.  The aim is to have the structure as an additional piece of natural play 'equipment' but it will also be a barrier to free running dogs.  Under this project we also propose adding dog grids to the paths into the park and banning dogs from the area.
• Community Garden. We are proposing adding a raised bed to the original orchard area of the green and finding local members of the community or community groups to adopt an area of the bed.  We would also like to add picnic benches to this area.

Without professional planning and costing we will not be able to secure the funding needed to deliver these projects.

Fundraising update

We have managed to secure all the funding for this project. Details of grant providers can be found on our supporters page.

Design Update

We have received an exciting sketch from Alison Brown Landscape Architect.  This has consolidated all of our ideas for the space into one sketch.  We are looking for your feedback on this project; please e-mail us your thoughts or general support for this project.

The plans include a willow tunnel 'fence' that would run around the outside of the park. The willow will be densely woven to resist some of the wear and tear from being in a public space.  If there is any damage or vandalism a cutting can be taken and planted directly in the ground were the willow will produce roots. An example of the willow in summer:

The plans also show the new addition of goal posts.  We have lost one of the line of fruit trees along the path from 'Owl Bridge', in part the damage was caused by footballs as they were ideally spaced to be used as goal posts.  We feel by adding informal goal posts to the green it will deter from using the trees as goals. The goal posts will not be of traditional construction but will be made of wood to be in keeping with the existing park and will look something like this:

The picnic benches we are proposing to add to the space will also be more rustic than the ones you can find in the local pub.  We feel this will also be in keeping with the space.  An example of a bench:

The sketch also shows the addition of a second fort to the mound nearest the pond.  We feel that the existing fort is used by all ages and is popular for those who want to role play knights and dragons as well as teenagers who like to hang out on the top of them.  A second fort will allow sieges and battles to be played but also give more space for the teenagers to hang out in.

Once we have had feedback from the community we will feed this back to Alison who will refine her sketch and produce a more detailed plan.  This will enable us to get an idea of costing and identify grants to apply for funding.

Please e-mail your coments and your support to enquire.friendsofjubileegreen@hotmail.co.uk.