Building on the positive response to the Sensory Garden beds in Costessey Park, we have funded for a larger, fully accessible pollinator-friendly “Well-BEE-ing Garden,” also in the park, adjacent to the car park and main path. The five beds were installed in early February.
The five beds being installed in early February
The five beds were installed during early February filled with soil and then be ready for planting with the pollinator-friendly plants which will provide a rich nectar source for our endangered pollinators from early spring through the summer to late autumn.
The Beginning
The “Well-BEE-ing Garden”. Five of the planned hexagonal beds have now been
installed in Longwater Recreational Park and are ready for planting. Planting will
begin on Saturday 26th February at 9.30 am.
Remaining Funding
Costessey Town Council have agreed to donate the £2000 required to build the
remaining beds to complete the garden plan, and these are now being built.
Planting up the Beds
Eleven members of the Friends of the Tud Valley - Costessey Community Gardening Club, selflessly dedicated their time this morning, planting up the new Wellbeing Gardens at the Costessey Centre.
Where the idea formed
Building on the positive response to the Sensory Garden beds in Costessey Park, we have funded for a larger, fully accessible pollinator-friendly “Well-BEE-ing Garden,” also in the park, adjacent to the car park and main path.
The Sensory Gardens
The Sensory Garden was the first project that members of the club tackled. Indeed, it was during the creation of this garden in the Longwater Park adjacent to the Costessey Centre that discussion between the gardeners led to the formation of Costessey Community Gardening Club. The three raised beds were built by Bear and Co Ltd, a local Costessey company, the soil provided by Baileys of Hevingham, and were funded through the generous donation by two of Costessey’s Town Councillors, Terry Laidlaw and Libby Glover, also District Councillors, through the Ward Member’s Community Fund scheme. The plants were provided and planted by members of Friends of the Tud Valley, mostly supplied from their own gardens. Although all were of a sensory nature, stimulating the full range of senses, most of these plants were also nectar-rich and therefore of great value to pollinators. The beds produced an attractive colourful display throughout the summer and autumn, much admired by walkers in the park and visitors to the Costessey Centre.