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PicPost: Lavender Labyrinth

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05/04/2013

bPicPost: Lavandularinth

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Nature is the antidote to boredom

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Pallet Power

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palletWhen you see this what do you think – firewood?

Having recently converted some wooden pallets into a boardwalk to divide my veggie patch, and yesterday acquiring some more from a builder who didn’t want them, it got me thinking about different ideas for recycling these ‘unwanted’ items. Here are a few images of projects I’ve trawled from the internet and a few links to sites with ideas on how to convert your pallets into useful objects around the garden (and further afield)- furniture, planters, walkways, fencing,buildings  – the ideas seem limitless and the process fun. A sort of ‘grown up Lego’!

Do you have some ideas of your own not shown here? I’d love to hear from you and see your photos!

New boardwalk made of old wooden pallets

Useful links:

Raised beds on the cheap

20 creative ways to upcycle pallets in your garden

Create your own pallet garden

Vertical pallet garden

Pallet Garden competition- great for schools and kids

Pallet gardens for students

More images of pallet projects- Pinterest

Quick guide to making a pallet garden

Creative ways to use pallets in your garden – some novel ones here!

Building a vertical pallet garden- video

How to make pallet garden loungers

Are reclaimed pallets safe to use for raised beds?

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March is joint second coldest on record

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04/04/2013
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Paper flowers-an old craft

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What is Fynbos?

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drcraigwright's avatarThe Fynbos Physician

Fynbos is an incredibly diverse and extremely threatened vegetation type found in the Cape Floristic Region the smallest of the ‘Floral Kingdoms’. I am posting Sean Privett’s explanation of what fynbos is from the excellent site www.fynboshub.co.za – have a look at it to find out more about Fynbos…

What is fynbos?

Posted on August 1, 2011 by SeanP

Fynbos is the name given to the hard leaved (sclerophyllous) shrublands and heathlands found in the coastal plains and mountains of the south western and southern Cape of South Africa.The name is derived from the Dutch word fijnbosch meaning

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PicPost: Up on the roof

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PicPost: Harvest Happy

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03/04/2013

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Play Landscape: North Walsham, Norfolk

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This steeply sloping, grass site in the Norfolk town of North Walsham is surrounded on all sides by housing and has areas of mature trees and scrub. I was commissioned by North Norfolk District Council to provide design, specifications, procurement advice and project management. The budget was around £60,000, funded by the Government Playbuilder Programme and local Housing Associations.

 Local consultation was undertaken by the Council and helped to inform the final design. The overall design concept was to enhance the parkland feel of the site and use large species trees to achieve a stronger organisation of spaces which are of general interest and which provide different play opportunities in keeping with the overall character of the site.

The objectives for the design were:

  1. Provide a wide range of play opportunities, including suitably challenging ones, for the target age range (8-13) and others if possible

  2. Reflect the results of local consultation in the overall design and play opportunities created

  3. Use manufactured play equipment and other design features to enhance the attractiveness and ‘parkland’ feel of the site

  4. Use the existing vegetation and topography to provide play opportunities where possible

  5. Improve pedestrian and wheelchair access to the site

  6. Ensure active play areas are at least 10 metres from residential property boundaries

The final scheme features a large turfed mound and ditches at it’s centre with an aerial cableway off one end of this. A multiplay unit is located in a crescent of existing trees. Other play equipment, football and basketball nets also feature. There are Log slices for stepping stones and seating etc. A new formal avenue of Limes and Red Horse Chestnut Trees was also planted.  The scheme was completed in May 2010.

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PicPost: Bee miner

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02/04/2013

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