Standish Guerilla Gardeners

After 18 months or so of trying to get the line looking something like a path – it’s been done, I’m retisent to say I’ve done it! Because if it was for the kind support of the guys at Giants Hall Farm the hard work from Tom, Martin and Joe, plus the efforts of Council Whittingham and of course the Standish Community Forum – it wouldn’t ever have happened. Plus a special thanks to the guys at Life Magazine for the free publicity that kick started the drive to get the job done!

I’m still however waiting for flower seeds and the rubbish to be collected from my drive, I need to do a bit of redistribution work where the dumper couldn’t get – but other than that it’s almost job done.

30 extra trees and 40 tonne of gravel (reclaimed gravel at that) – has made one hell of a difference.

Thanks you to everyone who helped I hope this is just the beginning.

It just goes to show that a quiet push and a little work here and there can achieve so very much – a little effort is all that’s required, and a little care.

Dave

Enjoy the pictures and think what it could look like in a few months time - summer, the trees in full leaf and wild flowers growing along the verge.  For those who haven’t followed the story take a look at some of the archives listed on the right.

Been to the Community Forum tonight and we’ve had chats about setting up a formal friends of Standish Line group.

I’m gonna be be moving this blog to a new domain of it’s own shortly to a new site so that the project gets it’s own identity so I’ve registered the name standishline.co.uk  I’ll move it shortly.

So next week thanks to the efforts of Neil Whittingham and the very kind donation of Roger Gill we will have a new path all the way up from my initial starting point and Somerfield.  Thanks to the 40 tonne donation of recycled aggregate and the 50 trees!

The guys from the forum are going to talk to Somerfield about tiding up, plus they are going to approach the local business forum to see if we can get donations or something to bolster the efforts and keep the project really buzzin.

Plus and it’s the last bit in the jigsawI should be receive a bag of wild flower seeds just at the right time of year!!!

So yeh a result I reckon - update soon.

Hey great day today there has been 40 tonne of recycled gravel delivered to the project!!!!  And on Monday G&B North West are sending some machines and guys to do a re-surfacing job on The Line - watch this space!!!

Plus they are bringing 50 or so trees up and planting them - spring is in the air

Special thanks goes out to Roger Gill of GB North West for his very kind donation of materials, trees, equipment and people!! Roger you are a star!!!