BUILE HILL SENSORY GARDEN PLANTS RELOCATED DURING MANSION WORKS

Has anyone felt the earth move in Salford recently?  Well it certainly did in Buile Hill Park for the second time in 3 weeks.

The Sensory Garden (was Garden for the Blind) volunteers, alongside the Salford Park Rangers and Salford Council Grounds Crews started the full relocation of all the precious plants, shrubs and trees in the garden to their new home within the grounds of the Buile Hill Park Hall (Woodland Suite as was). 

Now that renovation works are ramping up at The Mansion and surrounding areas, the plants are being moved to safety during building works in The Sensory Garden and being returned home by the SG Gang once the works have been carried out.

This is the second time this horticultural dream team has come together to move high volumes of plants around the park.  Last month saw the plants from the flowerbed outside of the Mansion relocated for safety to another bed near to the Manor Road entrance of Buile Hill Park. 

Check it out.  Look for the Pampas grass in its centre.  This bed was designed and created by the SG Gang and tended to every Tuesday evening come rain or shine. 

Both plants relocations involved a serious number of luxury biscuits, hot drinks, laughter and a great mix of horticultural knowledge and experience. 

The Sensory Garden Volunteers (SG Gang) are a happy band of grafters who have over the last 3 years become great friends not only working inside the garden every Sunday but getting together outside of it too.

Many a Motown Night and a Malibu at the Woodland Suite have gone a long way towards cementing their friendships. 

The Council Grounds Crews have enjoyed working alongside them on both projects and particularly enjoyed the Wagon Wheels during brew breaks.

Who doesn't love a Wagon Wheel? 

Jess from the Salford Park Rangers coordinated these relocation days beautifully and made sure that the conditions for plants on site were ideal before even a single one was lifted and replanted.

For further information about what other gardening shenanigans the SG Gang will be getting up to inside and outside of the Sensory Garden, please follow their official volunteers page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/532213508782082/?ref=share

Hillary Curran, said:

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"Mmf nom nom nom, gurgle nom nom"

Which makes no sense as she had her gob full of waggon wheel.

Big Thankyou to Sue, Jelena, Billie, Wendy, Nicole, Lyndsey, Melanie, Ruth, Forest, Jess, Salford Council Grounds crews for their graft during both plant relocations and Dave at the Woodland Suite for the brews. 

See you lot soon on the next one.